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
Ever on the lookout for versions of the Peruvian Eden from which he had been cast out as a child, Gauguin expected, in Brittany, to encounter Celtic culture in all its untrampled magnificence.
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Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 11 July 2025
Bright streaks known as ejecta rays can also be spotted leading away from large impact sites — such as the vast Tycho crater scarring the south lunar region — where reflective material was excavated and cast out across the lunar surface during particularly violent events.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 10 July 2025
The sentence could be expressing Eliza’s desire to have a person be cast out of a group, or to have her medical cast removed.
—IEEE Spectrum, 19 June 2025
Lower down the ballot, in a sweeping show of dissatisfaction, voters cast out more than two dozen Democratic state lawmakers.
—David Mark, The Washington Examiner, 13 June 2025
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Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 11 July 2025
Bright streaks known as ejecta rays can also be spotted leading away from large impact sites — such as the vast Tycho crater scarring the south lunar region — where reflective material was excavated and cast out across the lunar surface during particularly violent events.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 10 July 2025
The sentence could be expressing Eliza’s desire to have a person be cast out of a group, or to have her medical cast removed.
—IEEE Spectrum, 19 June 2025
Lower down the ballot, in a sweeping show of dissatisfaction, voters cast out more than two dozen Democratic state lawmakers.
—David Mark, The Washington Examiner, 13 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cast out
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Sports piracy has become so widespread that even professional athletes, like Los Angeles Lakers’ LeBron James (who was spotted using Streameast in May 2024) and Seattle Seahawks' Tariq Woolen, have been outed as users.—
Scharon Harding,
ArsTechnica,
4 Sep. 2025
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The star linebacker then made a spectacle of his final preseason outing with the team.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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Those continuing to violate the policy will be ejected.—
Ed Masley,
AZCentral.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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But perhaps records of the first chemical steps towards life were ejected into space and then fell onto the Moon, says Sephton.—
Bruce Dorminey,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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Senegal’s Lamine Camara is the type of midfielder that would help many a Champions League-chasing team.—
The Athletic UK Staff,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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Five teams are chasing a postseason berth.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
6 Sep. 2025
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The actor denied the allegations, and the case was later dismissed, per The Hollywood Reporter.—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
5 Sep. 2025
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Those who dismissed intersectionality saw such policies as little more than allowing the disadvantaged to commit crimes without consequences to make up for past inequities, afflicting crime victims from the same disadvantaged communities.—
John Scott Lewinski,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Sep. 2025
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This tension is only underlined by the filmmakers’ insistence on using pictures of the real Warrens and their demon-banishing clients in the credits of most Conjuring-verse movies.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
5 Sep. 2025
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This blemish-banishing formula includes witch hazel, algae extract, and grape seed extract, plus vitamin E to keep pores looking tight, rein in excess sebum, and shield skin from free radicals.—
Esme Benjamin,
PEOPLE,
4 Sep. 2025
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Multiple reports indicate the fan was kicked out of Highmark Stadium shortly after the incident, which went viral on social media, and on Monday morning, the NFL responded to what happened.—
Michael Gallagher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
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The club's co-owner and financier, Omeed Malik, ended up intervening, sources told the outlet, with an eyewitness insisting that Bessent wanted Pulte to be kicked out.—
Becca Longmire,
PEOPLE,
8 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Eventually, Jeremiah has had enough and runs off right before the wedding.—
Dina Kaur,
AZCentral.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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After the loss to Martins, Makhachev ran off 10 straight wins.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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Auron recently found a plant that turned out to be a partridge pea, a legume species native to the East Coast that has bright yellow flowers in summer and fall.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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One set of bones turned out to be fake.—
Sally Krutzig,
Idaho Statesman,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Cast out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cast%20out. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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