as in banished
to force (someone) to leave a place
His landlord has threatened to evict him if he doesn't pay the rent soon. They were evicted from their apartment.
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Recent Examples of evicted
However, the winner of the Power of Veto ultimately decides who is evicted.
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David Wysong, The Enquirer, 4 Oct. 2024
Who was evicted on 'Big Brother'?
—David Wysong, The Enquirer, 4 Oct. 2024
Quinn Martin learned that the house evicted T’kor Clottey during the Jankie World week, and Leah Peters and Angela Murray joined them a week later after the double eviction.
—David Wysong, The Enquirer, 4 Oct. 2024
The three had been evicted from the home on Monday.
—Andrea May Sahouri, Detroit Free Press, 3 Oct. 2024
By a vote of 2 to 0, Kimo was the twelfth housemate evicted from the Big Brother Season 26 house on Week 11.
—Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 3 Oct. 2024
David Wysong, The Enquirer, 4 Oct. 2024
Who was evicted on 'Big Brother'?
—David Wysong, The Enquirer, 4 Oct. 2024
Quinn Martin learned that the house evicted T’kor Clottey during the Jankie World week, and Leah Peters and Angela Murray joined them a week later after the double eviction.
—David Wysong, The Enquirer, 4 Oct. 2024
The three had been evicted from the home on Monday.
—Andrea May Sahouri, Detroit Free Press, 3 Oct. 2024
By a vote of 2 to 0, Kimo was the twelfth housemate evicted from the Big Brother Season 26 house on Week 11.
—Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 3 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for evicted
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Apparently, she was banished from her Puritan colony for being too much of a buzzkill.Katie Campione, Deadline, 17 Oct. 2024
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Those found guilty of habitual funny cowboy dancing are either executed or banished to the Desolate Zone, where they are forced to get jobs and raise families.Jack Handey, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2024
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The second event — explained in layman’s terms — is when a tiny bit of the sun, plasma and magnetic fields, is ejected.Darcie Moran, Detroit Free Press, 3 Oct. 2024
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Graves said the collision caused one passenger to be ejected from the bus and that person died.Perry Vandell, The Arizona Republic, 1 Oct. 2024
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So my husband, for example, his family is from Egypt, expelled by Gamal Abdel Nasser.Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 4 Oct. 2024
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For example, the Beverly Hills school district expelled five eighth-graders who shared fake nudes of 16 other eighth-graders in February.Jon Healey, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
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Once dismissed as a niche concern, crypto asset and blockchain policy has rocketed to the forefront for millions of Americans who recognize the critical role of crypto in driving future economic growth and innovation.Tonya Evans, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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Impact Plastics said its parking lot is in a low-lying area and prone to pooling water, but their review showed water in the lot was about 6 inches deep around the time people were dismissed.Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
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Yet once an administration decides all undocumented immigrants should be deported, the priority on criminals will fade.Stuart Anderson, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
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Vance backed away from all of that during the debate, saying little more than violent criminals would be deported, a position that few will argue against.Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2024
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David played dead as the attackers removed his watch, lying on the ground in silence until they were gone.Francine Uenuma, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Oct. 2024
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The use of official app stores, albeit only fleetingly as Apple and Google removed the fake apps in due course, bestowed a sense of authenticity to the operation as people put trust in both the Apple and Google ecosystems to protect them from potentially dangerous apps.Davey Winder, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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Still ostracized by the National Baseball Hall of Fame.Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 2 Oct. 2024
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Kristofferson befriended Muhammad Ali when the boxer was ostracized for his criticisms of the Vietnam War.Andrew R. Chow, TIME, 30 Sep. 2024
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Around 1 million people have been displaced, according to the minister in charge of Lebanon’s crisis management center.Ivana Kottasová and Zeena Saifi, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
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The launch comes as the global spotlight is on Lebanon due to the flare-up in the conflict between Israel and Shiite Muslim political party and militant group Hezbollah, which has resulted in close to 2,000 deaths, and also displaced more than 350,000 people over the last two weeks.Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 4 Oct. 2024
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“Evicted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evicted. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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