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
Youngkin vetoed similar legislation last year, arguing in his veto message that casting out single organizations would offer a bad model for the future.
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Jack Birle, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 27 Jan. 2025
How getting divorced felt like being cast out of your own life and being dropped in the middle of an always shifting wilderness.
—Lizz Schumer, People.com, 28 Jan. 2025
Matthew will inevitably be cast out of Oliver’s circle–Oliver is fickle and insecure and sets his cohort against each other.
—Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 3 Feb. 2025
Whatever demons were cast out by Day and Ohio State on the field in Atlanta were long gone from Columbus as well.
—Justin Williams, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025
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Jack Birle, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 27 Jan. 2025
How getting divorced felt like being cast out of your own life and being dropped in the middle of an always shifting wilderness.
—Lizz Schumer, People.com, 28 Jan. 2025
Matthew will inevitably be cast out of Oliver’s circle–Oliver is fickle and insecure and sets his cohort against each other.
—Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 3 Feb. 2025
Whatever demons were cast out by Day and Ohio State on the field in Atlanta were long gone from Columbus as well.
—Justin Williams, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cast out
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However, Ava didn't go down without a fight and threatened to out Deborah's secret.—
Faisal Kutty,
Newsweek,
12 Mar. 2025
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Phil, who requested his last name not be used for privacy reasons, was 70 years old when an acquaintance outed him against his will to his Pittsburgh neighborhood.—
Riley Robinson,
The Christian Science Monitor,
10 Mar. 2025
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McCaffery was ejected in his final game coaching the Hawkeyes, a 106-94 loss to Illinois on Thursday at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in the second round of the Big Ten Tournament.—
Adam Zagoria,
Forbes,
14 Mar. 2025
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The Sun periodically ejects huge bubbles of plasma from its surface that contain an intense magnetic field.—
Shirsh Lata Soni,
JSTOR Daily,
13 Mar. 2025
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Equally, especially after letdowns in the Champions League and the cup competitions, Díaz has more dreams to chase at Anfield, knowing that head coach Arne Slot’s promising project remains in the embryonic stages.—
Henry Flynn,
Forbes,
18 Mar. 2025
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Chelsea were chasing the game from the 20th minute but registered just eight touches in Arsenal’s box.—
Jordan Campbell,
The Athletic,
17 Mar. 2025
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At the time, Putin demanded that Ukraine never be allowed into NATO, and that the bloc roll back its military footprint in Eastern and Central Europe – which the US and its allies dismissed as non-starters, condemning the invasion as a blatant land grab.—
Catherine Nicholls,
CNN,
14 Mar. 2025
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Trump also dismissed several days of volatility in the stock market – and ensuing concerns that a recession will rock the U.S. this year.—
Marina Pitofsky,
USA TODAY,
14 Mar. 2025
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For many parts of the U.S., banishing cars simply isn’t realistic in the absence of comprehensive public transportation and high-density redesigns that often lack political or taxpayer backing.—
Megha Satyanarayana,
Scientific American,
21 Mar. 2025
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Patrick, born Roman, raised Welsh, and famously credited with banishing snakes from Ireland (a reptilian issue geology had resolved millennia before) dominates the global imagination.—
Gemma Allen,
Forbes,
16 Mar. 2025
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On the Leafs’ third goal, a John Tavares rebound put-back, Artemi Panarin and Vincent Trocheck committed to the left point, leaving Tavares alone for a rebound Igor Shesterkin didn’t kick out wide enough.—
Arthur Staple,
The Athletic,
21 Mar. 2025
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Fear comes to many with visas who are worried about being kicked out of the country or when Trump is alienating many countries but Vladimir Putin’s.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Mar. 2025
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Worth noting Willy Adames and Wilmer Flores hit back-to-back home runs off A’s left-hander Jeffrey Springs.—
Justice delos Santos,
The Mercury News,
16 Mar. 2025
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But the Tritons grabbed a pair of offensive rebounds to run off big chunks of the clock, and Gallegos’ block on Nya Epps was followed by Sabrina Ma’s uncontested layup at the other end that sealed it.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Mar. 2025
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Submission defense would turn out to be her Achilles’ heel throughout her career.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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But their target turns out to be a boy named Jamie, played by Owen Cooper, who was fourteen during filming.—
Doreen St. Félix,
The New Yorker,
22 Mar. 2025
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“Cast out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cast%20out. Accessed 27 Mar. 2025.
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