evicting

verb

present participle of evict
as in banishing
to force (someone) to leave a place His landlord has threatened to evict him if he doesn't pay the rent soon. They were evicted from their apartment.

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Recent Examples of evicting The ordinance would require landlords to provide a valid reason before evicting a tenant or declining to renew their lease. — Megan De Mar, CBS News, 29 June 2026 The city tossed a curve at the Oilmen last month, evicting them from the Oil City Stadium, their home for the past 15 years. — Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 6 Feb. 2026 The homeowners were in the process of evicting Jennifer Crouse and John Crouse, who was 70 at the time, police wrote in the affidavit. — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 18 Mar. 2026 But in 2023, Kenya’s government began evicting them again, citing a new justification. — Buket Altınçelep, The Conversation, 12 June 2026 Several landlords who own similar apartment buildings in the city have described an upswing in nonpaying tenants since the pandemic and greater difficulties in court evicting nonpayers. — Jc Reindl, Freep.com, 19 Feb. 2026 But the renovations happening at Serra Grove could have been completed without evicting tenants, Snow said, noting similar cases across the county. — Hannah Elsmore, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Feb. 2026 Prince Andrew became Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, and Charles also began the process of evicting him from the royal estate at Windsor. — Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 19 Feb. 2026 Just months into the pandemic, Matthew Haines, like landlords across the country, learned he was barred from evicting tenants who didn’t pay their rent under a federal eviction moratoriumthat lasted almost a year — costing him and his investors over $1 million. — Michael Casey, Fortune, 3 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for evicting
  1. banishing
  2. ejecting
  3. expelling
  4. dismissing
  5. exiling
  6. deporting
  7. chasing
  8. removing
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  • But being intellectually skeptical of something is not the same as banishing it from one’s existence.
    — Sebastian Smee, The Atlantic, 29 June 2026
  • Between the trauma his father inflicted on him, banishing him, calling him weak, giving him a scar and pitting him against his sister — along with his mother being taken — Zuko gives into his darker impulses.
    — Skyler Trepel, PEOPLE, 26 June 2026
Definition of banishing
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  • The relatively painless prices for ejecting bad contracts continued at this year’s trade deadline.
    — Harman Dayal, New York Times, 20 June 2026
  • The pilot sustained minor injuries after ejecting from the plane and was transported to the hospital, the Yakima County Sheriff's Office said.
    — Kierra Frazier, CBS News, 14 June 2026
Definition of ejecting
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  • Senate Bill 123 prohibits schools from expelling students solely because of excessive absences or truancy.
    — Christopher Harris, CBS News, 29 June 2026
  • The garment also absorbs heats, carrying it away from the spacesuit's life-support system, expelling it into space.
    — Greta Cross, USA Today, 9 June 2026
Definition of expelling
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  • The program was established by state lawmakers in 2018 as a way to help stem the tide of mental illness in jails and prisons, usually by dismissing cases and offering treatment for the underlying conditions behind a defendant’s arrest.
    — Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 6 July 2026
  • Manchester, for example, was in court for a year after dismissing a contractor from the Parkade redevelopment job, and ended up paying $2 million.
    — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 6 July 2026
Definition of dismissing
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  • The anti-Zionist project of ending Israel’s existence as a Jewish state implies killing, subjugating, or re-exiling more than half of the world’s Jewish population.
    — David Frum, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Ruthlessly exiling those players sent a clear message about the importance of squad harmony, but arguably handed the leverage in negotiations to buying clubs, driving down their prices and delaying their departures.
    — James McNicholas, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
Definition of exiling
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  • Though deferred action dates back at least to President Richard Nixon, Meissner issued a memo in 2000 enumerating 13 factors that immigration agents should consider before deporting someone.
    — Lauren Villagran, Miami Herald, 2 July 2026
  • Experts say deporting Haitian TPS recipients will have a catastrophic impact on the nationwide healthcare workforce crisis — a workforce that is hugely dependent on immigrant labor.
    — Vanessa Romo, NPR, 2 July 2026
Definition of deporting
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  • Imanaga recovered a bit after the leadoff home run, but the Cardinals lineup coaxed long at-bats and drove up his pitch count, chasing the left-hander from the game after 4 2/3 innings.
    — Andy Martinez, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
  • These businesses live or die by people answering phones, booking jobs, chasing payments and calming down upset customers.
    — Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
Definition of chasing
Verb
  • Regular care prevents yellowing by removing oils and buildup that dull fabrics over time.
    — Quincy Bulin, Southern Living, 1 July 2026
  • Bart Jansen Trump called the court removing restrictions on political spending a victory for Republicans and free speech.
    — Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 1 July 2026
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