Examples of expulsion in a Sentence
The government engaged in mass expulsions.
the expulsion of air from the lungs
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Abrego Garcia pleaded not guilty on June 13 to smuggling charges that his attorneys have characterized as an attempt to justify his mistaken expulsion to a notorious prison in El Salvador.
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Ben Finley, Fortune, 27 June 2025
His deportation violated a U.S. immigration judge’s order in 2019 that barred his expulsion to his native country.
—Ben Finley, Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2025
Nonetheless, Pompeo was frozen out of a job when Trump returned to office—a MAGA expulsion announced by Trump in a social-media post.
—Susan B. Glasser, New Yorker, 26 June 2025
Several additional moments in the book connect Jamaluddin’s experiences with images of Jewish flight and expulsion.
—Agnes Mueller, The Conversation, 18 June 2025
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Ben Finley, Fortune, 27 June 2025
His deportation violated a U.S. immigration judge’s order in 2019 that barred his expulsion to his native country.
—Ben Finley, Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2025
Nonetheless, Pompeo was frozen out of a job when Trump returned to office—a MAGA expulsion announced by Trump in a social-media post.
—Susan B. Glasser, New Yorker, 26 June 2025
Several additional moments in the book connect Jamaluddin’s experiences with images of Jewish flight and expulsion.
—Agnes Mueller, The Conversation, 18 June 2025
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“Expulsion.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/expulsion. Accessed 30 Jun. 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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