ousted

verb

past tense of oust
1
as in dismissed
to drive or force out she was ousted from her job after it was proven she'd been pilfering company supplies

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2
as in deposed
to remove from a position of prominence or power (as a throne) the people finally rose up and ousted the corrupt dictator

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3
as in evicted
to end the occupancy or possession of the squatters were forcibly ousted from the abandoned building

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Recent Examples of ousted However, the team was ousted from the first round of the playoffs in six games thanks to the Minnesota Timberwolves. — Ryan Gaydos Outkick, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026 After doing just one briefing that lasted 14 minutes, Zacharia was ousted last Friday, after less than a week in the job. — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2026 Lewandowski served as a senior adviser and de facto chief of staff to Noem until both were ousted from the department in March. — Sarah N. Lynch, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026 Previous administrations were ousted when spending disagreements came to a head. — Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2026 That’s how one top Netflix insider summarized another bloody Monday at the streamer, which saw Dan Lin ousted as the company’s head of film. — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 20 Oct. 2026 In April the network’s London bureau chief, Claire Day, was ousted after arguments with Weiss over the network’s coverage of the region. — Daniel Strauss, Vulture, 20 Oct. 2026 The brief meeting offers a rare glimpse of Suu Kyi, whose location and condition have been largely hidden since the military ousted her in 2021. — Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026 And yesterday, Netflix ousted its longtime content head Bela Bajaria. — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ousted
  1. dismissed
  2. deposed
  3. evicted
  4. ejected
  5. sacked
  6. deprived
  7. outed
  8. toppled
Verb
  • The North has denied responsibility for the incident and dismissed Seoul's demand to apologize and remove its remaining mines.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Three weeks before the election, the chairman of Israel’s Central Elections Committee dismissed the case, but the AID Coalition agreed not to buy more blocks on additional flights.
    — Daniel Brook, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of dismissed
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  • The Turkish government was deposed in a military coup in 1980, and in the aftermath, the CHP (along with every other party) was banned from politics.
    — Nick TaborAll, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Paxton wasn't a defendant in the suit, but as the company's former attorney, he was deposed in 2019 and in 2022.
    — Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of deposed
Verb
  • In Spain, housing protests began in September after an 87-year-old woman, Maricarmen Abascal, was evicted following a 230% rent increase by an investment fund.
    — Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The land the tribe inhabited before being evicted is now divided among ranchers, government agencies and a conservation nonprofit.
    — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of evicted
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  • The safety overhaul comes less than two weeks after 42-year-old Hassan Jihad Ibn Kariem was ejected from the Goliath roller coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia.
    — Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026
  • The theme park operator announced the extra safeguard less than two weeks after 42-year-old Hassan Jihad Ibn Kariem of Atlanta died after being ejected from his seat on the Goliath coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia.
    — Russ Bynum, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of ejected
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  • Craig overcame being sacked four times and the run game producing just 33 yards to lead TCU to the massive victory, as the Horned Frogs scored multiple touchdowns against a Power Four conference opponent for the first time this season.
    — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Much worse, the Commanders were in field goal range, and they somehow got sacked.
    — David Troy OutKick, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of sacked
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  • Disqualifying both lists would have deprived the vast majority of Palestinian voters of their preferred political representation.
    — Tamir Sorek, The Conversation, 20 Oct. 2026
  • But the strain extends across the Global South, where developing nations struggle with a prolonged energy crisis that disproportionately squeezes the planet’s most deprived.
    — Charlie Campbell, Time, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of deprived
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  • Co-owner John Mara is battling cancer, and co-owner Steve Tisch is laying low after being outed in the Epstein Files.
    — Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Photoplay’s feature Hollywood’s Unmarried Husbands and Wives outed several of the era’s most bankable couples—Clark Gable and Carole Lombard among them—for the crime of cohabitating without paperwork.
    — Natalie Hoberman, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of outed
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  • Strong winds toppled trees in Flagstaff and Mesa, with some landing on walls and carports.
    — Wufei Yu, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Analysts say the country's security crisis has worsened since the military toppled the country’s government in July 2023.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of toppled

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