Examples of expulsion in a Sentence
The government engaged in mass expulsions.
the expulsion of air from the lungs
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Robert Eggers' first feature tells a folk horror tale about a devout family — led by father William (Ralph Ineson) and his wife, Katherine (Kate Dickie) — living on an isolated farm in 1630s New England after their expulsion from Puritan society.
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Michael Lee Simpson, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Oct. 2025
The film follows Clawdeen Wolf (Miia Harris), a 15-year-old human/werewolf who enrolls at Monster High and must hide her human identity to avoid expulsion.
—Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
These include executive orders and regulatory changes to enforce immigration laws more strictly, pause or restrict refugee resettlement, reinstate rapid-expulsion policies like Title 42, expedite deportations, and increase border barrier construction.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
The party called for the expulsion of the French ambassador, and thousands of people gathered in the streets to pressure the government to act on their demand.
—NPR, 24 Oct. 2025
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Michael Lee Simpson, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Oct. 2025
The film follows Clawdeen Wolf (Miia Harris), a 15-year-old human/werewolf who enrolls at Monster High and must hide her human identity to avoid expulsion.
—Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
These include executive orders and regulatory changes to enforce immigration laws more strictly, pause or restrict refugee resettlement, reinstate rapid-expulsion policies like Title 42, expedite deportations, and increase border barrier construction.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
The party called for the expulsion of the French ambassador, and thousands of people gathered in the streets to pressure the government to act on their demand.
—NPR, 24 Oct. 2025
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“Expulsion.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/expulsion. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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expulsion
noun
ex·pul·sion
ik-ˈspəl-shən 
: the act of expelling : the state of being expelled
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