as in to out
to drive or force out
cast them out of the tribe for violating sacred traditions
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Recent Examples of cast out
When the gator came up a second time Sasser’s dad, Marty, and her friend Justin Pettway cast out two heavy treble hooks with their spinning rods and snagged it.
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Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 4 Sep. 2024
Instead, rival elites spend their time jockeying for positions in his inner circle—sometimes succeeding, and sometimes being cast out.
—Adam E. Casey, Foreign Affairs, 4 Feb. 2022
He was cast out of the castle after Prince Aegon (Tom Glynn-Carney) dismissed his grandfather, preferring to name Criston Cole as (Fabien Frankel) his hand.
—Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 5 Aug. 2024
There are lingering doubts, faint concerns of more demons to be diagnosed and cast out.
—Sam Kestenbaum, Harper's Magazine, 21 June 2024
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Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 4 Sep. 2024
Instead, rival elites spend their time jockeying for positions in his inner circle—sometimes succeeding, and sometimes being cast out.
—Adam E. Casey, Foreign Affairs, 4 Feb. 2022
He was cast out of the castle after Prince Aegon (Tom Glynn-Carney) dismissed his grandfather, preferring to name Criston Cole as (Fabien Frankel) his hand.
—Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 5 Aug. 2024
There are lingering doubts, faint concerns of more demons to be diagnosed and cast out.
—Sam Kestenbaum, Harper's Magazine, 21 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cast out
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Khalid is responding to allegations made by the ex who outed him.Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 25 Nov. 2024
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That moment — being outed as a transgender man in my workplace, on somebody else’s terms, and against my will — completely changed my life.Carter Brown, Sun Sentinel, 12 Nov. 2024
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His win completes one of the most remarkable comebacks in political history, just four years after voters ejected him from the office.Lawrence Andrea, Journal Sentinel, 20 Nov. 2024
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Jon — who kicked off his time at the studio by sending a company plane filled with flowers to court supermodel Vendela — was the first to be ejected, at Peter’s behest, in 1991.Kim Masters, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Nov. 2024
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Migrants pass through their backyards almost nightly Deputies often chase cars packed with people who have crossed the border illegally, but Dannels said the taxiing part of the operation is almost always done by Americans.David Culver, CNN, 21 Nov. 2024
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During what police described as a road rage incident, a driver being chased by another motorist on East Washington Street ran a red light at Ritter Avenue and slammed into a SUV.Daryl Perry, The Indianapolis Star, 21 Nov. 2024
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Though New Mexico special prosecutor Kari T. Morrissey has filed motions for Judge Sommer to reconsider her decision to dismiss the involuntary manslaughter case against Baldwin, Sommer rebuked those arguments and has declined to reconsider Morrissey's case multiple times in recent months.Tommy McArdle, People.com, 19 Nov. 2024
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The company dismissed its previous auditor, Marcum Asia CPAs LLP, and engaged WithumSmith+Brown, PC as its new auditor.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 19 Nov. 2024
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The relative stability of this period led many European countries to reduce their defense spending, assuming that war had been banished from the continent for good.Norbert Röttgen, Foreign Affairs, 22 Nov. 2024
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The Kids' Table For some children, being banished to the kids' table is a pout-worthy punishment, but for other young’uns, the kids' table is the ultimate time to reconnect with cousins, siblings, and other young guests without constant parental supervision.Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 21 Nov. 2024
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The saving grace: Millennials will get a kick out of the casting.Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 27 Nov. 2024
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Television Ellen DeGeneres riffs on getting ‘kicked out’ of showbiz after toxic-culture allegations April 26, 2024 Still, this move could be an empowering one for DeGeneres.Amy Hubbard, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2024
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Combs, seen on camera wearing only a towel around his waist, was simply trying to retrieve his clothes and cellphone after Ventura had run off with them, his lawyers wrote.Dominic Patten, Deadline, 22 Nov. 2024
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The father said Hill had a gun and ran off about five or 10 minutes before the call.Jade Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 15 Nov. 2024
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Posing as a strongman at home turns out to be different from actually being strong overseas.Daniel Block, The Atlantic, 30 Nov. 2024
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The black bear’s behavioral profile in the area—ranging from high jinks to a gruesome first, for California—turned out to be symptoms of a problem with humans.Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 29 Nov. 2024
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“Cast out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cast%20out. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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