as in to out
to drive or force out
cast them out of the tribe for violating sacred traditions
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Recent Examples of cast out
The Messier 4 globular cluster will be positioned close to Antares and the moon throughout the night, though the light cast out from its 100,000 stars, will be swamped by the light of the near-full moon.
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Anthony Wood, Space.com, 13 May 2025
Eckhardt’s powerful book, Prayers That Rout Demons, is designed for seasoned Believers and shares warfare prayers in the areas of casting out demons, teaching strategies for overcoming demonic oppression, and so much more.
—Lynnette Nicholas, Essence, 7 May 2025
The president lost the 2020 election and was cast out into Florida.
—Miles Bryan, Vox, 20 Feb. 2025
After releasing the bass, Codd cast out again and hooked another triple on the same rig.
—Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 12 Feb. 2025
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Anthony Wood, Space.com, 13 May 2025
Eckhardt’s powerful book, Prayers That Rout Demons, is designed for seasoned Believers and shares warfare prayers in the areas of casting out demons, teaching strategies for overcoming demonic oppression, and so much more.
—Lynnette Nicholas, Essence, 7 May 2025
The president lost the 2020 election and was cast out into Florida.
—Miles Bryan, Vox, 20 Feb. 2025
After releasing the bass, Codd cast out again and hooked another triple on the same rig.
—Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 12 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cast out
Verb
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Rodrigo is not the only celebrity who has outed herself as a stan.—
Christian Allaire,
Vogue,
9 June 2025
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Those who were outed would not only lose their jobs, but their names were often published in newspapers, which could cost them their families and their livelihoods.—
Chelsea Bailey,
CNN Money,
7 June 2025
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Home plate umpire Ramon De Jesus called strike three on Rockies outfielder Tyler Freeman, and he immediately got ejected after arguing the call.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
29 June 2025
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Until 2006, patent holders could presumptively obtain a court injunction that ordered infringers to stop using their invention (akin to a landowner’s legal right to eject trespassers camping on their property).—
Alden Abbott,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2025
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Much like the rest of the lineup, Lindor is also chasing pitches outside of the zone.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
21 June 2025
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Like many young hitters, Culpepper still chases too many pitches outside the strike zone.—
Aaron Gleeman,
New York Times,
20 June 2025
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In a series of tweets, Charli XCX dismissed the controversy and defended her creative choices.—
Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
30 June 2025
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The decision dismissed most claims in the lawsuit filed by authors who alleged that their books were used, without permission, to train Anthropic’s Claude AI models.—
Tor Constantino,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
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Softening those characters for present-day sensibilities banishes what little edge there was and leaves everything feeling over-bright in a restless and relentless production.—
David Benedict,
Variety,
24 June 2025
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Any input would help. – Visiting Accident Dear Visiting: Don’t banish yourself just yet.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Mercury News,
24 June 2025
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Come that summer, Doherty was kicked out of the band once again, and turned his full attention towards Babyshambles, this time bringing onboard Walden on lead guitar, Gemma Clarke on drums, Jamie Perrett on guitar, and Peter Perrett Jr. on bass to play shows.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
23 June 2025
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After Raw came back from it final commercial break, Rhodes and Uso went back and forth kicking out of their signature moves, including a Spear and a Super Cody Cutter.—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
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Pete Alonso and Jeff McNeil then hit back-to-back home runs off Taijuan Walker in the sixth inning, but the Mets stopped producing from there.—
Will Sammon,
New York Times,
21 June 2025
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The gunman, who was wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and black shorts with flowers printed on them ran off down Marcy Ave.—
Colin Mixson,
New York Daily News,
20 June 2025
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The speaker’s prediction may turn out to be right; those savings are coming entirely at the expense of young workers who took jobs after the tier system was established.—
Jennifer Hochschild,
Chicago Tribune,
27 June 2025
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The scary moment happened at Citi Field, in what turned out to be a 4-0 Mets victory over the Atlanta Braves, when righty starter Griffin Canning collapsed to the ground on the left of the mound in the third inning.—
Jon Vankin,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 June 2025
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