1
as in to exile
to force to leave a country
in the old days, criminals were sometimes banished to distant lands
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2
as in to out
to drive or force out
permanently banished the troublemakers from the youth recreational center
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Recent Examples of banish
Kyle Gibson has been designated for assignment, Charlie Morton has been banished to the bullpen, and manager Brandon Hyde has been fired.
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Levi Weaver, New York Times, 20 May 2025
Their preferred solution to informational complexity—that certain ideas and the people associated with them were Bad and Wrong and needed to be banished from the public sphere—wasn’t much better.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 28 May 2025
Through his tight leadership that began with the fifth season, delays became a thing of the past, unceremoniously banished to the farthest reaches of the Central Finite Curve.
—Josh Weiss, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
Over the past thirty years, thousands of Native Americans have been unceremoniously banished from their tribes.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 22 May 2025
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Levi Weaver, New York Times, 20 May 2025
Their preferred solution to informational complexity—that certain ideas and the people associated with them were Bad and Wrong and needed to be banished from the public sphere—wasn’t much better.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 28 May 2025
Through his tight leadership that began with the fifth season, delays became a thing of the past, unceremoniously banished to the farthest reaches of the Central Finite Curve.
—Josh Weiss, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
Over the past thirty years, thousands of Native Americans have been unceremoniously banished from their tribes.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 22 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for banish
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The original Tulsa King stars Stallone as a New York mobster who is exiled to Oklahoma and builds up his own new crime empire.—
James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
5 June 2025
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The show follows Royal Newfoundland Constabulary Inspector, Donny ‘Fitz’ Fitzpatrick, who digs too deeply into a local politician’s nefarious activity, and is exiled to work in Saint-Pierre et Miquelon.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
4 June 2025
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As an Associated Press investigation revealed, these systems have also outed LGBTQ+ students to parents or school administrators by monitoring searches or conversations about gender and sexuality.—
Aislinn Conrad,
The Conversation,
13 June 2025
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That mysterious threat was outed then, with the same warning.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2025
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This relegated him to being an 82-game player rather than a 16-game one, which limited his value to prospective teams.—
Mat Issa,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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Sourcing in this mode is even less robust; Google relegates sources to clickable carets that don’t highlight the relevant portions of its response.—
Ruben Circelli,
PC Magazine,
5 June 2025
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Congressional Republicans, many of whom had also grown annoyed with Musk over the last few months, have largely dismissed the billionaire’s fiery opposition to the bill.—
Phil Mattingly,
CNN Money,
6 June 2025
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For example, recent reports about the potential for automotive production to be curtailed due to rare earth mineral shortages should not be dismissed.—
Zev Fima,
CNBC,
6 June 2025
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Government attorneys, who acknowledged in court records that Abrego Garcia had been mistakenly deported, had argued for weeks the U.S. had no authority to bring Abrego Garcia back to the United States from the Salvadoran prison where he was being held.—
Evan Mealins,
USA Today,
14 June 2025
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One man is a felon who'd been previously deported and was serving a 30-month sentence when investigators contacted him, Joseph acknowledged.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
14 June 2025
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The Subaru then rolled over and struck a light pole, ejecting him from the vehicle.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
6 June 2025
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He was ejected from 10 games in 1898 and was arrested in the offseason for killing a mule that belonged to a farmer.—
Houston Mitchell,
Los Angeles Times,
6 June 2025
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The film follows her on the worst day of her life as she gets fired, evicted and robbed at gunpoint.—
Caroline Blair,
People.com,
10 June 2025
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He had been evicted, at last report, from his lodgings.—
Timothy Crouse,
Rolling Stone,
9 June 2025
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In some tourist regions, emus have been known to chase people for food or become overly familiar – leading to head-butts, pecking or the occasional knockdown.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2025
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But one of his greatest spiritual teachers was a companion who liked to chase ducks and steal Taylor’s underwear — and whose most prestigious award was being honored by a local newspaper as its Pet of the Week.—
John Blake,
CNN Money,
8 June 2025
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“Banish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/banish. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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