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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
But with Trump taking over as chairman, the board ousted her and made Ric Grenell, a special envoy for the president and a longtime loyalist, as interim president, tasked with overseeing day-to-day operations.
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Ted Johnson, Deadline, 12 Feb. 2025
The #MeToo movement ousted abusive men from power, and even ideas as expansive as reparations for slavery were no longer dismissed by the party’s mainstream but deemed worthy of study.
—Shane Goldmacher, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2025
The buyout firm last September teamed up with Korea Zinc’s top shareholder Young Poong to launch a 2 trillion won ($1.5 billion) tender offer for a bigger ownership stake in the metals giant, hoping to oust its chairman Yun B. Choi from running the company.
—Zinnia Lee, Forbes, 7 Feb. 2025
New York City’s child welfare agency cannot continue to supervise survivors of domestic violence who have ousted abusive partners from the home, a state appeals court ruled Wednesday.
—Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 6 Feb. 2025
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As Mavericks fans were being ejected from the stadium, Nowitzki was out in Los Angeles, sitting in the stands to show Dončić his support.—
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Gone are the days in the NBA when the West, led by Rick Barry and Nate Thurmond at the Cow Palace in 1967, snapped a four-game losing streak with an upset over an East team in a game so intense coach Red Auerbach of the Celtics was ejected.—
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Fink had previously denied the state’s request to further depose Wanda.—
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The situation could get even more complicated, as Baldoni’s lawyer Bryan Freedman hasn’t ruled out the possibility of deposing Swift as part of the case, which is set to go to trial on March 9, 2026.—
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Natalia was evicted from the apartment a year later and the couple was hit with accusations of abandonment and several charges related to the neglect of a dependent.—
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The ship was essentially evicted from its pier last year and given until Sept. 2024 to find a new home.—
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The athlete was outed by a teammate in a previous lawsuit.—
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In 2021, the publishers of a Catholic newsletter outed a priest by apparently accessing his Grindr activity through third-party channels.—
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Israel’s leaders had vowed to topple Hamas and bring home the roughly 250 hostages the militant group and its allies abducted in October 2023.—
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Make no mistake about it, everyone knows for Ontario Christian to become the new powerhouse in Southern California, Etiwanda must be toppled.—
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Starting in late 2022, the Biden Administration imposed several rounds of export controls on China in an effort to deprive the country of technology that Washington fears Beijing could use to make the next generation of weapons and AI systems.—
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Together, these provisions could be used to force a company like Apple, that would never build a backdoor into its products, to publicly withdraw critical security features from the UK market, depriving UK users of these protections.—
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When cigarettes were banished from the airwaves, beer ads became even more integral to the game.—
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Each week, the series names a weekly ruler based on challenges that reflect the contenders’ personal stories, food influences and cultures, while the least successful chefs are banished.—
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The Eagles want greatness − and the pleasure of unseating a rival.—
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Hall was elected as Michigan House speaker after Michigan Republicans took back the chamber in November, unseating former Democratic House Speaker Joe Tate.—
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“Oust.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oust. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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