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as in to eject
to drive or force out
she was ousted from her job after it was proven she'd been pilfering company supplies
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as in to depose
to remove from a position of prominence or power (as a throne)
the people finally rose up and ousted the corrupt dictator
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as in to evict
to end the occupancy or possession of
the squatters were forcibly ousted from the abandoned building
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Recent Examples of oust
Former Senate President Wilton Simpson led the charge to oust Public Counsel J.R. Kelly, who argued for reasonable rates on behalf of consumers and blocked FPL from charging for a natural gas fracking project in Oklahoma.
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Orlando Sentinel and South Florida Sun Sentinel Editorial Boards, Orlando Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2025
The strategy used by the Trump administration to reduce the size of government has been indiscriminate and far-reaching, meant to oust civil servants as fast as possible in as many agencies as possible while demoralizing the workers that remain on the job.
—Andy Kroll, ProPublica, 5 Mar. 2025
Jem, Hunter, Tiffany, Venus, and Q were all ousted while holding an unplayed immunity idol — with the last four all occurring in a row.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 26 Feb. 2025
Unilever’s board reportedly ousted Schumacher just a day earlier after deciding that Fernandez was better suited to execute the company’s turnaround plan, according to a report in the Financial Times that cited an anonymous source.
—Robert Olsen, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
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Orlando Sentinel and South Florida Sun Sentinel Editorial Boards, Orlando Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2025
The strategy used by the Trump administration to reduce the size of government has been indiscriminate and far-reaching, meant to oust civil servants as fast as possible in as many agencies as possible while demoralizing the workers that remain on the job.
—Andy Kroll, ProPublica, 5 Mar. 2025
Jem, Hunter, Tiffany, Venus, and Q were all ousted while holding an unplayed immunity idol — with the last four all occurring in a row.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 26 Feb. 2025
Unilever’s board reportedly ousted Schumacher just a day earlier after deciding that Fernandez was better suited to execute the company’s turnaround plan, according to a report in the Financial Times that cited an anonymous source.
—Robert Olsen, Forbes, 25 Feb. 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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Alec Baldwin will be deposed in May over his role in the October 2021 fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of Rust.—
Winston Cho,
The Hollywood Reporter,
4 Mar. 2025
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The investigators later traveled to New York to depose Bridges.—
Rebecca Brenner Graham / Made by History,
TIME,
4 Mar. 2025
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According to the owners of the Prince Charles, Aziz’s company wanted to modify its lease, to make the cinema easier to evict.—
Sam Knight,
The New Yorker,
6 Mar. 2025
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The documentary follows the Israeli government’s attempt to evict the villagers by force, having claimed the land for a military training facility and firing range in 1981.—
Lex Harvey,
CNN,
3 Mar. 2025
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On her way out, Danielle outed herself as a Traitor to Britney, Dolores Catania, Dylan Efron, Ivar Mountbatten and Gabby Windey.—
Dana Rose Falcone,
People.com,
7 Mar. 2025
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The new policy also has the virtue of sparing transgender people of the need to choose — or to effectively out themselves as transgender, which can be uncomfortable and, in some places, even dangerous.—
Steve Chapman,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Mar. 2025
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Power outages increased as tree branches laden with snow broke under the weight, toppling onto power lines.—
Jim Foerster,
Forbes,
4 Mar. 2025
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Records can be broken, anyone can win, front runners can be toppled, and Brazil and Latvia just might go crazy.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
28 Feb. 2025
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Adolescents also may be chronically sleep deprived due to school, sports and social activity schedules.—
Beth Ann Malow,
CBS News,
8 Mar. 2025
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In Ukraine, the Biden administration’s timid slow rolling of weapons and ammunition deprived Ukraine of its best chance of victory, forcing it for years to fight with one hand behind its back.—
Jamie McIntyre,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
7 Mar. 2025
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Rather, the world was becoming more resourceful with its distractions: futility is easier to banish than death.—
Yiyun Li,
The New Yorker,
9 Mar. 2025
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How Bob the Drag Queen got banished: Bob did not do himself any favors with his overly defensive strategy at the Episode 4 roundtable.—
KiMi Robinson,
USA TODAY,
7 Mar. 2025
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The question now is whether any of them can unseat Atomix as the front-runner.—
Tori Latham,
Robb Report,
4 Mar. 2025
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Current assessor Cassandra Holbert Elston is seeking to unseat Figgs.—
Olivia Stevens,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Feb. 2025
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“Oust.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oust. Accessed 18 Mar. 2025.
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