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white flight
[ hwahyt flahyt, wahyt ]
noun
- the movement of white people, especially middle-class and affluent white people, from urban neighborhoods undergoing racial integration to the suburbs.
white flight
noun
- the departure of White residents from areas where non-White people are settling
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Word History and Origins
Origin of white flight1
First recorded in 1965–70
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Example Sentences
White flight was the policy of our federal, state and local government.
From The Daily Beast
It has white flight feathers, and its black color is a rusty black, that is, a black mixed with red.
From Project Gutenberg
There came a fierce volley from a hundred rifles and a white flight of arrows from the concealed Indians.
From Project Gutenberg
Nothing too slender or too fragile for the white flight to alight upon.
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Behind her, like a mantle streaming in the wind, the white flight of pigeons follows her movements.
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The principal difficulty which is encountered is the occasional appearance of one, two or three white flight feathers in the wing.
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