as in deportation
the forced removal from a homeland
the ruthless expulsion of the French-speaking Acadians from Nova Scotia by the British
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Recent Examples of expulsion
Mifepristone blocks the hormone progesterone and softens the cervix to prepare the body for expulsion.
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Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Set in 1492, the series follows Sara, the defiant daughter of Granada’s chief Rabbi, exiled during Spain’s expulsion of its Jewish population and captured by Ottoman corsairs (‘Korsan’ in Turkish).
—Ben Croll, Variety, 29 Sep. 2025
Child cares have an expulsion rate that is over three times that of the rate for kids in the K-12 system, one study showed.
—Beki San Martin, Freep.com, 29 Sep. 2025
The data is categorized into removals, enforcement returns, administrative returns and Title 42 expulsions — which were carried out during the COVID-19 pandemic.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
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Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Set in 1492, the series follows Sara, the defiant daughter of Granada’s chief Rabbi, exiled during Spain’s expulsion of its Jewish population and captured by Ottoman corsairs (‘Korsan’ in Turkish).
—Ben Croll, Variety, 29 Sep. 2025
Child cares have an expulsion rate that is over three times that of the rate for kids in the K-12 system, one study showed.
—Beki San Martin, Freep.com, 29 Sep. 2025
The data is categorized into removals, enforcement returns, administrative returns and Title 42 expulsions — which were carried out during the COVID-19 pandemic.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for expulsion
deportation
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An estimated 10,200 Venezuelans were deported between February and early October, according to deportation flight data tracked by the nonprofit Human Rights First’s ICE Flight Monitor.—
Melissa Sanchez,
ProPublica,
10 Oct. 2025
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Sanctions for overstayers range from fines to deportation and bloc-wide bans.—
Julia Buckley,
CNN Money,
10 Oct. 2025
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“Expulsion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expulsion. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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