1
as in to exile
to force to leave a country
deported them back to their country of birth
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2
as in to acquit
to manage the actions of (oneself) in a particular way
deported herself with grace and propriety at the country club cotillion
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Recent Examples of deport
Intelligence memo contradicts Trump’s Tren de Aragua claims A declassified memo drafted by U.S. intelligence agencies challenges the argument that Trump has used to deport immigrants to an El Salvador prison.
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Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 7 May 2025
Noem on May 5 began offering migrants $1,000 stipends and free plane tickets to deport themselves.
—Bart Jansen, USA Today, 7 May 2025
The fifth defendant is an undocumented immigrant who was a passenger and survived the boat accident; he is charged with having been previously deported.
—Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2025
Expand The fifth defendant is an undocumented immigrant who was a passenger and survived the boat accident; he is charged with having been previously deported.
—Teri Figueroa, Mercury News, 7 May 2025
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Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 7 May 2025
Noem on May 5 began offering migrants $1,000 stipends and free plane tickets to deport themselves.
—Bart Jansen, USA Today, 7 May 2025
The fifth defendant is an undocumented immigrant who was a passenger and survived the boat accident; he is charged with having been previously deported.
—Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2025
Expand The fifth defendant is an undocumented immigrant who was a passenger and survived the boat accident; he is charged with having been previously deported.
—Teri Figueroa, Mercury News, 7 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deport
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Women filmmakers working on British shores like Muriel Box, Wendy Toye, Margaret Tait, and Jill Craigie as well as American filmmakers exiled to the UK by the anti-Communist blacklist like Joseph Losey, Cy Endfield, and Edward Dmytryk will also feature.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
15 Apr. 2025
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Scott Rudin Plans His Return: The powerful producer who was exiled from Broadway and Hollywood four years ago after allegations of bullying has been quietly preparing to return to show business.—
Erik Piepenburg,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
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Per a pretrial ruling, neither side can use evidence or arguments related to the reversal of Weinstein’s 2020 conviction nor the jury’s decision to acquit Weinstein on certain charges at that time.—
Caitlin Huston,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Apr. 2025
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The House impeached Trump twice during his first term, but he was acquitted by the Senate in both instances.—
Mychael Schnell,
The Hill,
30 Apr. 2025
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For example, Canada, the second largest market for U.S. spirits exports after the E.U., imposed a 25 percent tariff on all American spirits that began on March 13, and nearly all Canadian provinces have banished American booze from store shelves.—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
25 Apr. 2025
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An affectionate cat became famous in the town of Fredericksburg, Texas, after local officials decided to banish her from her home at a public library.—
TJ Macias,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
23 Apr. 2025
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The Sphere featured in a visual interlude that saw the singer picked it up from the Las Vegas strip, tapping it curiously, and then carrying it away.—
Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
5 May 2025
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Photo : Mercedes-Benz AG The car carries the base model’s 577 hp, 4.0-liter biturbo V-8, which is mated to AMG’s nine-speed automatic transmission.—
Viju Mathew,
Robb Report,
4 May 2025
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If the next generation of cross-border rails is written in Brussels, Shenzhen or Riyadh, the dollar could be relegated to just one more token on someone else’s ledger, accepted out of habit rather than structural necessity.—
Zennon Kapron,
Forbes.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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Does that relegate the 2024 second-round pick to the bench, assuming Williams holds onto his starting role alongside McKinney?—
Matt Schneidman,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2025
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Several viewers have shared their own opinions on what the goldendoodle's decision to stay downstairs with the man means, while others have expressed how similarly their own pets behave, or poked fun at the viral moment, causing joy among viewers.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 May 2025
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The new infotainment human-machine interface was a little confusing at first; pairing my phone took about 10 minutes but worked out in the end, and wireless Apple CarPlay behaved itself throughout the week.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
1 May 2025
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Poor tenants unable to pay their rent claimed they were evicted; not an uncommon practice at the time, or since, but one that advantages the powerful over the weak.—
Nic Robertson,
CNN Money,
29 Apr. 2025
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The territories from which Dodik has evicted Bosnian state institutions are, not coincidentally, the same ones in which Serbian forces committed genocide against Bosniaks in the 1990s.—
Ismet Fatih Cancar,
Foreign Affairs,
9 Apr. 2025
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The Trump administration has characterized that role as one for suckers, in which the United States restrained its hard power and allowed other countries to bleed its wealth.—
Margaret MacMillan,
The Atlantic,
30 Apr. 2025
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The amateur gangsters, with nicknames like Old Omar and Blue Eyes, used tape and velcro to restrain Kardashian and left their DNA everywhere.—
Eleanor Beardsley,
NPR,
29 Apr. 2025
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“Deport.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deport. Accessed 13 May. 2025.
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