1
as in to out
to drive or force out
we summarily ejected the unwanted guest from our party
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2
as in to expel
to violently throw out or off (something from within)
the malfunctioning VCR abruptly stopped rewinding and ejected the tape
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Recent Examples of eject
But investigators had determined that at least one of the people involved in the shooting had been ejected from the bar before going outside and retrieving a gun.
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Rosalio Ahumada, Sacramento Bee, 11 Mar. 2025
After Green refused to stop, House Speaker Mike Johnson ejected him from the chamber.
—James Bickerton, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
The smaller simulated star survived for roughly 12 million years before dying as a supernova, ejecting 17,000 Earth masses of oxygen into the surrounding interstellar medium.
—Conor Feehly, Scientific American, 4 Mar. 2025
The rear passenger, an 18-year-old man from Windermere, was ejected from the vehicle.
—Elainie Barraza, Orlando Sentinel, 2 Mar. 2025
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Rosalio Ahumada, Sacramento Bee, 11 Mar. 2025
After Green refused to stop, House Speaker Mike Johnson ejected him from the chamber.
—James Bickerton, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
The smaller simulated star survived for roughly 12 million years before dying as a supernova, ejecting 17,000 Earth masses of oxygen into the surrounding interstellar medium.
—Conor Feehly, Scientific American, 4 Mar. 2025
The rear passenger, an 18-year-old man from Windermere, was ejected from the vehicle.
—Elainie Barraza, Orlando Sentinel, 2 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for eject
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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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Court documents allege that Simancas re-entered the United States illegally after being expelled the first time.—
Osmary Hernández and Manuel Cobela,
CNN,
12 Mar. 2025
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American students will be permanently expelled or, depending on on the crime, arrested.—
Armando Garcia,
ABC News,
9 Mar. 2025
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Mearsheimer also dismissed the idea, adding that Russia would take extreme measures to prevent it from happening.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
14 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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Self Tour Pompeii When Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD and coated the city of Pompeii in ash and debris to a depth of 23 feet (seven meters), the population at the time was fifteen to twenty thousand, or about that of Jackson, Wyoming or Bangor in Wales today.—
Tom Mullen,
Forbes,
16 Mar. 2025
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Plans to redevelop a piece of Idaho’s second-oldest golf course — and the oldest in Southern Idaho — could soon move forward after a neighborhood on the edge of State Street erupted into objections over similar plans six years ago.—
Nick Rosenberger,
Idaho Statesman,
16 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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But the turbines are very inefficient, and are also spitting out pollutants—not just CO2 but nitrous oxide and formaldehyde.—
Ian Dexter Palmer,
Forbes,
20 Mar. 2025
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Instead of just spitting out an answer, a chatbot with reasoning abilities could dissect a question and provide multiple, specific responses accounting for different scenarios.—
Lisa Eadicicco,
CNN,
18 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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Night skiing was featured to enable locals to ski after work, and on most afternoons in winter, yellow buses disgorged scores of local students, who took over the mountain.—
David Goodman,
New York Times,
25 Feb. 2025
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After aging is deemed complete, the cellar team disgorges the wines by hand without freezing the neck.—
Lauren Mowery,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
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“Eject.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eject. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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