as in expulsion
the forced removal from a homeland
when Romeo learns he has been sentenced to banishment, he claims it is worse than death because he will be separated from Juliet forever
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Recent Examples of banishment
Sore from the torment of her family’s banishment, Espinoza feels the pulse of current events.
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Andrea Flores,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
The appeals court ruled in September 2025 that Mid Vermont Christian must be allowed to participate in state athletics, after two years of banishment had passed.
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Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
28 Apr. 2026
Like there was a demon in his lungs, fighting the last bit of banishment.
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Courtney Crowder,
USA Today,
10 Apr. 2026
Remember, this is Augusta National, where the surreptitious use of a cellphone is grounds for immediate banishment.
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Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
10 Apr. 2026
Jamie requests an audience with the families and revokes their letters of banishment.
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Lincee Ray,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Apr. 2026
But how Andrew’s de facto banishment would affect his daughters, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie, wasn’t known.
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Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
31 Mar. 2026
Both view the Lebanese government as still completely incapable of disarming Hezbollah, though both were shocked at the new assertiveness of Beirut as seen by Tuesday’s banishment of Iran’s ambassador.
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Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
26 Mar. 2026
This season, with two Housewives as Traitors, Gamers Ian Terry, Rob Cesternino, and Yam Yam Arocho were three of the first five murdered, with Tiffany Mitchell an early banishment.
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Joe Reid,
Vulture,
2 Mar. 2026
Andrea Flores,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
The appeals court ruled in September 2025 that Mid Vermont Christian must be allowed to participate in state athletics, after two years of banishment had passed.
—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
28 Apr. 2026
Like there was a demon in his lungs, fighting the last bit of banishment.
—
Courtney Crowder,
USA Today,
10 Apr. 2026
Remember, this is Augusta National, where the surreptitious use of a cellphone is grounds for immediate banishment.
—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
10 Apr. 2026
Jamie requests an audience with the families and revokes their letters of banishment.
—
Lincee Ray,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Apr. 2026
But how Andrew’s de facto banishment would affect his daughters, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie, wasn’t known.
—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
31 Mar. 2026
Both view the Lebanese government as still completely incapable of disarming Hezbollah, though both were shocked at the new assertiveness of Beirut as seen by Tuesday’s banishment of Iran’s ambassador.
—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
26 Mar. 2026
This season, with two Housewives as Traitors, Gamers Ian Terry, Rob Cesternino, and Yam Yam Arocho were three of the first five murdered, with Tiffany Mitchell an early banishment.
—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
2 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for banishment
Noun
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The poems explore themes of loss, identity, artmaking and the natural world, as well as the 1885 expulsion of Chinese immigrants from Eureka, California.
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The flight or expulsion of 850,000 Jews from countries across the Middle East is a story that still too often rests in silence, but even when it is told, the ideology that caused it is seldom named.
Noun
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In addition to the fear of deportation, the ruling puts thousands of immigrants at risk of losing their work authorization and their jobs, according to a Haitian-American journalist.
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Federal law explicitly protects TPS holders from deportation while the designation is in effect.
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