banishes

present tense third-person singular of banish

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of banishes Though the episodes ended before Britney revealed her vote, fans are convinced that Britney votes for Danielle and banishes her based on how the episode was edited. Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 28 Feb. 2025 This duo includes a collagen serum and an eye cream that banishes dark circles and tired-looking skin. Taylor Lane, Flow Space, 11 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for banishes
Verb
  • By stopping in 1957, the retelling falsely relegates educational inequality to the past.
    Time, Time, 4 Sep. 2025
  • But that’s not true of the Echo Show, which smartly relegates the screen to secondary importance.
    Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, The Verge, 22 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • Each side dismisses the other's contention.
    Todd Spangler, Freep.com, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Trump dismisses Republican mayoral hopeful as Giuliani allies support Cuomo.
    , FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • If the battery overheats, the system acts like a launcher; sensors trigger a mechanism that ejects it from the vehicle.
    Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2025
  • As a supernova explosion ejects the outer layers of these stars, their stellar cores collapse.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Ashley evicts Morgan Ashley evicts Morgan.
    Christopher Kuhagen, jsonline.com, 28 Sep. 2025
  • In the city of Cluj, located within the country’s Transylvania region, a bailiff named Orsolya (Eszter Tompa) evicts the homeless Ion (Gabriel Spahiu) from the unused cellar of a local house to make way for the construction of the Kontinental boutique hotel.
    Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 5 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The Creature survives, becomes smarter and even eloquent, and vengefully chases Frankenstein all the way to the Arctic.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Lo chases them to the dock and is followed by attendees from the banquet.
    Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Instead, Carrie’s holiday is filled with a revolving door of haughty art dealers and Gen Z queerdos, one of whom clogs the toilet and expels a sea of brown that Miranda (Cynthia Nixon) is forced to clean up.
    Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 15 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Regular cleaning removes stains, preserves air quality, and helps your rugs last longer.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 19 Oct. 2025
  • The bill also removes exemptions for people experiencing homelessness and veterans.
    Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025

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“Banishes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/banishes. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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