How to Use ouster in a Sentence

ouster

noun
  • The news reported the ouster of the dictator.
  • How shocked was Kamilla by her ouster?
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Apr. 2026
  • But within a year, there was a school board vote that could have led to his ouster.
    — Lisa J. Huriash, sun-sentinel.com, 21 Apr. 2021
  • That appears to have done little to fend off the calls for his ouster.
    — Cody Copeland, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 June 2025
  • Khan’s party has done well in by-elections held since his ouster.
    — Mehdi Hasan, NBC News, 26 July 2023
  • The country has been on the brink since Castillo’s ouster last week.
    — Claudia Rebaza, CNN, 12 Dec. 2022
  • Marcos’s ouster had brought a curtain down on the system.
    — Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Circumstances have changed in the months since Monarez’s ouster.
    — Helen Branswell, STAT, 18 Apr. 2026
  • Even so, Maduro’s ouster gave her a lot of hope for her mother country.
    — Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2026
  • Its share price is down 20% so far this year and fell on the news of Lynch’s ouster.
    — Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2024
  • Now at the end of the team's fourth season, that fan base is calling for Wolff's ouster.
    — Bob Gee, Axios, 30 Sep. 2024
  • How does the Survivor 49 champ feel now about her early ouster?
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Mar. 2026
  • What is as clear as his ouster is the winner’s edit that Aubry is getting.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 14 May 2026
  • But now, with the ouster of the younger al-Assad, maybe the film can be screened more widely.
    — Ben Kenigsberg, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
  • The statement did not elaborate on the reasons for his ouster.
    — Meredith Blake, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Sep. 2023
  • Netanyahu is the ideal offender, one whose ouster would set things right.
    — Hussein Agha, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025
  • And Sunak’s leading role in Johnson’s ouster seemed to hurt him with the grass roots.
    — William Booth, Washington Post, 5 Sep. 2022
  • So Jon’s early ouster cannot be blamed on folks wanting to get the famous rich guy out of there.
    — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 19 Sep. 2024
  • Observers said at the time that restoring a full court bench could increase prospects for Yoon’s ouster.
    — CNN Money, 22 Jan. 2026
  • The ouster of Kristi Noem was a positive change for Democrats, though.
    — Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 12 Mar. 2026
  • The irony was available to those who objected to Cheney’s ouster and dared say so.
    — Washington Post, 12 May 2021
  • But unlike in years past, that no longer means an ouster from this organization.
    — Chris Kirschner, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
  • His daughters were not affected by the ouster and retain their princess titles.
    — Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Here are five questions surrounding Cook’s ouster.
    — Alex Gangitano, The Hill, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Bennet’s ouster was a low moment for a once-proud institution.
    — Debra J. Saunders, Oc Register, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Tan was named to the job in March, following the ouster of Pat Gelsinger last year.
    — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Russia’s reaction to the ouster of Maduro has been cautious.
    — Sarah Min, CNBC, 5 Jan. 2026
  • The Atlanta Hawks regressed, as their first-round ouster at the hands of the Heat showed.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 21 May 2022
  • Democrats were initially triumphalists in the wake of Qaddafi’s ouster.
    — Jordan Michael Smith, The New Republic, 23 Aug. 2021
  • All-Star guard says this year’s early ouster is more painful than last year’s because of the repeat nature.
    — Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune, 25 June 2021

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