1
as in exiling
to force to leave a country
deported them back to their country of birth
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2
as in carrying
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 deporting
Even one-third of liberals support deporting criminals.
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Will Johnson, Time, 1 Jan. 2026
Obviously, the devil is in the details, but deporting someone like that seems inhumane.
—Bobby Zirkin, Baltimore Sun, 1 Jan. 2026
In March, in fact, Roberts issued a brief, but rare, rebuke after Trump said a judge who tried to stop him from deporting hundreds of Venezuelan migrants should be impeached.
—Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 31 Dec. 2025
Rosalinda and her husband, Manuel, who are also undocumented, began to consider self-deporting, too.
—Jordan Salama, New Yorker, 30 Dec. 2025
The Department of Homeland Security did not answer CNN requests for comment on Fleming’s assertion the arrests are designed to intimidate migrants into self-deporting.
—Whitney Wild, CNN Money, 26 Dec. 2025
Trump vowed to remove millions of migrants without legal status, and his government is racing to fulfill his pledge of deporting one million people in a year.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025
Islamabad has also tried to pressure the Taliban by deporting Afghan refugees.
—NPR, 31 Oct. 2025
Govt mistakenly letting people out instead of deporting.
—Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Will Johnson, Time, 1 Jan. 2026
Obviously, the devil is in the details, but deporting someone like that seems inhumane.
—Bobby Zirkin, Baltimore Sun, 1 Jan. 2026
In March, in fact, Roberts issued a brief, but rare, rebuke after Trump said a judge who tried to stop him from deporting hundreds of Venezuelan migrants should be impeached.
—Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 31 Dec. 2025
Rosalinda and her husband, Manuel, who are also undocumented, began to consider self-deporting, too.
—Jordan Salama, New Yorker, 30 Dec. 2025
The Department of Homeland Security did not answer CNN requests for comment on Fleming’s assertion the arrests are designed to intimidate migrants into self-deporting.
—Whitney Wild, CNN Money, 26 Dec. 2025
Trump vowed to remove millions of migrants without legal status, and his government is racing to fulfill his pledge of deporting one million people in a year.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025
Islamabad has also tried to pressure the Taliban by deporting Afghan refugees.
—NPR, 31 Oct. 2025
Govt mistakenly letting people out instead of deporting.
—Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deporting
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Ruthlessly exiling those players sent a clear message about the importance of squad harmony, but arguably handed the leverage in negotiations to buying clubs, driving down their prices and delaying their departures.—
James McNicholas,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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China last tested its ICBM force in September 2024—its first since the 1980s—when a DF-31AG missile carrying a dummy warhead was fired toward international waters in the South Pacific, within the region's nuclear-free zone, according to a Newsweek map.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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The Falcon 9's upper stage, meanwhile, continued carrying the 29 Starlink satellites toward LEO, where were deployed on schedule about an hour into flight.—
Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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For Removing Mildew & Musty Smells If your clothes have a mildewy, musty smell, then vinegar can save the day by banishing these unwanted odors.—
Ashlyn Needham,
Southern Living,
4 Jan. 2026
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Maximizing every square inch of space with clever organizers is the key to banishing clutter — and this Amazon find is the ideal fit for transforming cluttered cabinets and shelves.—
Maggie Horton,
PEOPLE,
28 Dec. 2025
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Hank Brennan, a longtime defense attorney famous for representing Bulger, earned $566,000 for his work as special prosecutor in Read’s second murder trial, which ended with a jury acquitting the woman of O’Keefe’s death.—
Lance Reynolds,
Boston Herald,
26 Nov. 2025
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The first jury, by contrast, deliberated for days before acquitting Amiri of conspiracy, multiple deprivation-of-rights charges and convicting him of the single dog attack and records falsification.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
19 Sep. 2025
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Comedy has been in short supply in theaters over the last few years, with studios largely relegating the genre to streamers.—
Alex Cramer,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Dec. 2025
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The new partnership makes up 108 seats in the 200-seat lower house of parliament, relegating the four center-right parties of the pro-Western government led by previous Prime Minister Petr Fiala to the opposition.—
Karel Janicek,
Fortune,
9 Dec. 2025
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Beijing has been quick to denounce Maduro’s capture, condemning Washington for behaving like the world’s policeman.—
Steven Jiang,
CNN Money,
6 Jan. 2026
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Your brother-in-law is not behaving like someone who wants to continue being invited over.—
Eric Thomas,
Baltimore Sun,
5 Jan. 2026
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The officers went to the house in the Bermuda Club neighborhood near Vero Beach, where a resident of the home was evicting her son, Flowers said Friday.—
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Nov. 2025
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The county has been in the process of evicting the Dolphin Company, which filed for bankruptcy earlier this year.—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
13 Oct. 2025
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Video shows one agent restraining the man, then dragging him around as another agent helps pin him to the ground.—
Zoe Sottile,
CNN Money,
3 Nov. 2025
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Taiwan, too, should keep enhancing its civil and military defenses while restraining its assertions of sovereignty in cross-strait affairs.—
STEPHEN WERTHEIM,
Foreign Affairs,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Deporting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deporting. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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