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
Most people deported to Tapachula are not from southern Mexico, said Ivana Saldivar, who heads the Tapachula office of the United Nations' International Organization for Migration.
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Daniel Gonzalez, USA Today, 9 Nov. 2025
That comment had been recorded by Von when a fan told him her friend got deported and asked him to record a message.
—Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 7 Nov. 2025
The overwhelming majority of the deported this year have never been convicted of anything.
—Mercury News & East Bay Times Editorial, Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2025
If her appeal for political asylum fails, she could be deported at any moment.
—Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
He was deported in 2013 and again in 2020 after serving prison time for his offenses.
—Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 2025
Some of the migrants are headed home after being deported from the United States.
—Daniel Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 6 Nov. 2025
Flores-Ruiz pleaded guilty to illegally re-entering the United States from Mexico after being deported in 2013.
—John Diedrich, jsonline.com, 6 Nov. 2025
The administration has gleefully posted imagery of individuals being rounded up and deported to a high-security, low-human rights facility in El Salvador.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 5 Nov. 2025
Daniel Gonzalez, USA Today, 9 Nov. 2025
That comment had been recorded by Von when a fan told him her friend got deported and asked him to record a message.
—Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 7 Nov. 2025
The overwhelming majority of the deported this year have never been convicted of anything.
—Mercury News & East Bay Times Editorial, Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2025
If her appeal for political asylum fails, she could be deported at any moment.
—Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
He was deported in 2013 and again in 2020 after serving prison time for his offenses.
—Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 2025
Some of the migrants are headed home after being deported from the United States.
—Daniel Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 6 Nov. 2025
Flores-Ruiz pleaded guilty to illegally re-entering the United States from Mexico after being deported in 2013.
—John Diedrich, jsonline.com, 6 Nov. 2025
The administration has gleefully posted imagery of individuals being rounded up and deported to a high-security, low-human rights facility in El Salvador.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 5 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deported
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The film is set in 1935 Tartu and at the University of Tartu, where, a year earlier, Professor Lazar Gulkowitsch, exiled from Germany, had established a chair of Judaic Studies within the Faculty of Philosophy.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Nov. 2025
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Krasinski also has the least interesting yet very successful Hollywood career imaginable, but that doesn’t mean he should be exiled or worse.—
Choire Sicha,
CNN Money,
4 Nov. 2025
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He was acquitted of a misdemeanor count of inflicting injury on an elder adult.—
City News Service,
Oc Register,
8 Nov. 2025
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Plus, a jury acquitted a man who threw a sandwich at a federal agent, a deli and a cookbook author are in a trademark dispute, and more.—
Li Goldstein,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
7 Nov. 2025
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Within 30 days, registrations would be required, proofs of freedom demanded, and Black residents lacking two white sponsors willing to post the $500 bond would be banished.—
Equal Justice Initiative,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
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The man in the suit, banished from Faik Ağa, had taken up a spot at Irfan’s café.—
David Wingrave,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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In exposing these cells to forms of stress that damage DNA — such as chemicals that mimic UV exposure — the scientists observed how the cells behaved inside their natural setting.—
Khloe Quill,
FOXNews.com,
22 Oct. 2025
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Without a complete skeleton, researchers couldn’t know what the body looked like or how the hominin behaved in its habitat.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Oct. 2025
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Thus far, Arsenal’s excellent form has relegated the injuries to a subplot.—
James McNicholas,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
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And that feeling of attachment, as Friedman sees it, is not relegated to vintage.—
Paige Reddinger,
Robb Report,
8 Nov. 2025
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The show, which was slated to be carried live by the network and stream on Peacock, has reportedly been shelved in order to allow Snoop to focus on his gig as a Winter Olympics correspondent.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
6 Nov. 2025
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Lee performed two new songs early on during the set, both of which carried the hazy radio-skipping nostalgia of Diamond Jubilee.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Deported.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deported. Accessed 21 Nov. 2025.
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