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ouster

noun

Definition of ouster

as in ejection

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Recent Examples of ouster Dinorah Figuera, who has been leading the opposition bloc’s negotiations with the government, said Machado’s return was a result of Maduro’s ouster and the ongoing reconciliation talks. — Michael Rios, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2026 But her pain is our gain, as her unlikely ouster made for some pretty sweet TV. — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Oct. 2026 Trump has called for Zelensky’s ouster and suggested that Russia is more willing than Ukraine to bring the war to an end. — Violet Jira, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2026 Speaking to those in the industry on Monday after Lin’s ouster, multiple sources noted that no one executive can be blamed if Netflix’s film slate does not appeal to audiences in a meaningful way. — Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for ouster

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Noun

Sousa hoped the group could avoid ejection because soccer has no official breaks in play.

— Matt Calkins , Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026
Batters who step out of the batter's box are charged with a strike, while attempting to bunt results in an ejection.

— Adam Thompson, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of ejection

Noun

The researchers used Forbes billionaire rankings, real estate reports, and public relocation announcements.

— Bilin Lin, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026
By spring, with the opportunity fading for a mass relocation of homes and businesses, optimism crept back into public discourse.

— Abe Streep, ProPublica, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of relocation

Noun

For those who remained, citizenship became a form of insurance against expulsion; once they were designated as citizens of Israel, their removal became legally much more difficult.

— Tamir Sorek, The Conversation, 20 Oct. 2026
The cases are then reviewed by a panel of faculty and staff, which can impose punishments ranging from verbal warnings to suspension or expulsion.

— Casey Tolan, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of expulsion

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Over the past five years, Europe’s political debate has shifted away from resettlement and toward returns.

— Dominique Soguel, Christian Science Monitor, 15 Aug. 2026
Beyond language barriers and bureaucratic challenges Refugees enter the country through a formal resettlement system.

— Hyojin Im, The Conversation, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of resettlement

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Carol’s return and redemption, after her banishment from the group, was a thrilling turn for the character, so evocatively rendered by Melissa McBride over these many seasons.

— Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Oct. 2026
In a memo later Monday morning, the White House TV pool had been suspended given CNN’s banishment.

— Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of banishment

Noun

For starters, the 46-year-old billionaire was confined to house arrest on his 300-acre Oxfordshire estate in England, fighting off a Swiss extradition request tied to an international money-laundering probe.

— Cate Brown, ProPublica, 21 Oct. 2026
Kenosha police said detectives will work with the Kenosha County District Attorney's Office to initiate extradition proceedings and pursue charges in Wisconsin.

— Jeramie Bizzle, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of extradition

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Displaced Filmmakers Need More Than a Platform War and displacement continue to shape filmmaking across the Arab world, affecting not only the stories reaching screens but the filmmakers trying to build careers.

— Essie Assibu, Variety, 24 Oct. 2026
Through loss, displacement, uncertainty and the sometimes unbearable weight of impermanence, people have endured.

— Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of displacement

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Nevertheless, the main opposition depends more heavily on a secular middle class sensitive to global opinion that is increasingly turning against Israel over the dispossession and killing of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza.

— Tamir Sorek, The Conversation, 20 Oct. 2026
The findings come three decades after the democratic government introduced a raft of measures — known as Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) — aimed at reversing the dispossession suffered by Black people under apartheid and colonialism.

— Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of dispossession

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