1
as in exiled
to force to leave a country
deported them back to their country of birth
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2
as in acquitted
to manage the actions of (oneself) in a particular way
deported herself with grace and propriety at the country club cotillion
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Recent Examples of deported
In September, 95 members of Congress requested a full accounting from the DHS of how many active DACA recipients had been detained or deported since January 2025, including where and when those arrests occurred.
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Gregory Royal Pratt, Chicago Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026
The Office of Homeland Security Statistics is responsible for publishing figures from Homeland Security agencies, including removals and the nationalities of those deported, to provide a comprehensive picture of immigration trends at the border and inside the United States.
—ABC News, 15 Mar. 2026
That motivation still holds true, but Mexican government data analyzed by Quinto Elemento Lab reveal many of the migrants deported in 2025 came from states that are wracked by cartel violence.
—Steve Fisher, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2026
The Honduran native — who entered the country illegally and has been deported four times — was arrested at a Brooklyn homeless shelter.
—Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 15 Mar. 2026
He was previously convicted in 2017 of providing material support to the Islamic State group and was sentenced to 11 years in prison, but was not deported.
—Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 14 Mar. 2026
Aleksei and his wife, who asked to be identified only by their first names out of fear of retaliation should they be deported, watched their 5-year-old twins unravel at the remote, prisonlike facility.
—Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC news, 13 Mar. 2026
Their work on Lesbos began almost by coincidence after Hansen was deported from Lebanon.
—Lise Pedersen, Variety, 13 Mar. 2026
An 11th defendant had previously been deported to India, authorities said.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 13 Mar. 2026
Gregory Royal Pratt, Chicago Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026
The Office of Homeland Security Statistics is responsible for publishing figures from Homeland Security agencies, including removals and the nationalities of those deported, to provide a comprehensive picture of immigration trends at the border and inside the United States.
—ABC News, 15 Mar. 2026
That motivation still holds true, but Mexican government data analyzed by Quinto Elemento Lab reveal many of the migrants deported in 2025 came from states that are wracked by cartel violence.
—Steve Fisher, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2026
The Honduran native — who entered the country illegally and has been deported four times — was arrested at a Brooklyn homeless shelter.
—Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 15 Mar. 2026
He was previously convicted in 2017 of providing material support to the Islamic State group and was sentenced to 11 years in prison, but was not deported.
—Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 14 Mar. 2026
Aleksei and his wife, who asked to be identified only by their first names out of fear of retaliation should they be deported, watched their 5-year-old twins unravel at the remote, prisonlike facility.
—Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC news, 13 Mar. 2026
Their work on Lesbos began almost by coincidence after Hansen was deported from Lebanon.
—Lise Pedersen, Variety, 13 Mar. 2026
An 11th defendant had previously been deported to India, authorities said.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 13 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deported
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The protesters included secular left-wingers and nationalists as well as Islamists, but Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, a fundamentalist cleric at that time exiled in France, emerged as the movement's undisputed figurehead.—
The Week UK,
TheWeek,
8 Mar. 2026
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Most of them have been jailed or exiled or arrested or even killed.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
8 Mar. 2026
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The jury acquitted Contreras-Gafaro of nine additional charges, including theft in a range of $20,000 to $100,000, felony menacing, third-degree assault, child abuse, false imprisonment and criminal mischief, according to court records.—
Lauren Penington,
Denver Post,
16 Mar. 2026
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She was acquitted and later made a knight in the Order of Orange-Nassau, in recognition of her career as a geriatric physician.—
Charles Lane,
The Atlantic,
15 Mar. 2026
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The arguments about whether or not the drug peddlers should be banished becomes the central narrative thread.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
13 Mar. 2026
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Russell Crowe, 'Gladiator’ (2001) Crowe's Roman warrior Maximus, a general banished to slavery thanks to a petulant young emperor (Joaquin Phoenix) who rises back to glory, is a throwback to old-school Hollywood action heroes that still works.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
9 Mar. 2026
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Agnes observed how soap behaved at the surface of water, and boom!—
Mariel Carr,
Scientific American,
20 Mar. 2026
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Kalshi during Oscar season behaved nothing like that.—
Chris O'Falt,
IndieWire,
18 Mar. 2026
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Beaten 4-1 at Bolton Wanderers, Leeds were effectively relegated to the second tier with two games remaining because of their vastly inferior goal difference.—
Stuart James,
New York Times,
21 Mar. 2026
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Any Power 5 conference team with their record would have been a shoo-in for a berth in the round of 64 but their weak schedule relegated them to the First Four.—
Kyle Feldscher,
CNN Money,
20 Mar. 2026
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Even minor parks or embers might be carried into leaves or grass, kindling a fire that can swiftly expand.—
KANSAS CITY STAR WEATHER BOT,
Kansas City Star,
21 Mar. 2026
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Much like Cam Newton did for the Panthers, albeit with less team success, Walker carried the Hornets throughout the 2010s.—
Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
20 Mar. 2026
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“Deported.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deported. Accessed 22 Mar. 2026.
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