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
The United States was deporting her and 13 other West Africans to Ghana, a country none of them called their own.
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Tobi Raji, Washington Post, 10 May 2026
Badenoch has called for stronger enforcement, including deporting foreign preachers who are spreading hate in mosques and other institutions.
—Ariella Noveck, FOXNews.com, 10 May 2026
The process of finding and deporting criminals who are here illegally should be managed aggressively, efficiently and humanely, seeking the cooperation of all Americans to help identify them.
—Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
That law simplified the process for deporting new arrivals who lacked authorization to be in the country, but a different law allowed people already in the country to ask an immigration judge for bond.
—ABC News, 7 May 2026
Last October, Israeli forces stopped the GSF's previous flotilla from reaching Gaza, arresting and deporting more than 470 people, including Swedish activist Greta Thunberg.
—Frank Andrews, CBS News, 30 Apr. 2026
But in 1942, the Nazis began deporting Dutch Jews.
—Jackie Hajdenberg, Sun Sentinel, 21 Apr. 2026
The effort to remove the soldier’s wife, who was born in Honduras and remained in a federal immigration detention center Monday, has drawn criticism from military family advocates who called the detention demoralizing in a time of war and warned that deporting spouses could undermine recruitment.
—Jack Brook, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2026
Housing would be freed up by deporting some people and putting others in jail.
—Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
Tobi Raji, Washington Post, 10 May 2026
Badenoch has called for stronger enforcement, including deporting foreign preachers who are spreading hate in mosques and other institutions.
—Ariella Noveck, FOXNews.com, 10 May 2026
The process of finding and deporting criminals who are here illegally should be managed aggressively, efficiently and humanely, seeking the cooperation of all Americans to help identify them.
—Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
That law simplified the process for deporting new arrivals who lacked authorization to be in the country, but a different law allowed people already in the country to ask an immigration judge for bond.
—ABC News, 7 May 2026
Last October, Israeli forces stopped the GSF's previous flotilla from reaching Gaza, arresting and deporting more than 470 people, including Swedish activist Greta Thunberg.
—Frank Andrews, CBS News, 30 Apr. 2026
But in 1942, the Nazis began deporting Dutch Jews.
—Jackie Hajdenberg, Sun Sentinel, 21 Apr. 2026
The effort to remove the soldier’s wife, who was born in Honduras and remained in a federal immigration detention center Monday, has drawn criticism from military family advocates who called the detention demoralizing in a time of war and warned that deporting spouses could undermine recruitment.
—Jack Brook, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2026
Housing would be freed up by deporting some people and putting others in jail.
—Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deporting
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The anti-Zionist project of ending Israel’s existence as a Jewish state implies killing, subjugating, or re-exiling more than half of the world’s Jewish population.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
13 Mar. 2026
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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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Others may use hollow pipes, tubes, window ledges or even sliding door tracks (a favorite site for the grass-carrying wasp).—
Pamm Cooper,
Hartford Courant,
9 May 2026
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Lerner’s critical reputation is also through the roof, each new book carrying the weight of potentially being a moment of great artistic import.—
John Warner,
Chicago Tribune,
9 May 2026
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Angels could be seen all around — some on the walls depicting Moses' life and death, and another above, on Michelangelo’s fresco, banishing Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
22 Mar. 2026
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Was banishing Natalie Anderson Tara’s ultimate undoing?—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
27 Feb. 2026
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In Davis’s work, runny paint has a way of acquitting objects of their permanence.—
Zachary Fine,
New Yorker,
23 Feb. 2026
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Soon after, Dead & Company, with John Mayer acquitting himself in the Garcia role better than anyone would have thought, set sail.—
David Browne,
Rolling Stone,
17 Feb. 2026
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Clearly, the longer the conflict continues, the greater its impact will be, not just on the travel industry directly, but also because a global supply chain shortage will drive up the cost of living, relegating travel to a nice-to-have rather than a given this summer.—
Alex Ledsom,
Forbes.com,
10 May 2026
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Lomax, after becoming chairman of the department of English, retaliates, assigning Stoner grueling teaching schedules and relegating him to teaching repetitive freshman composition and sophomore survey courses.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
8 May 2026
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Little by little since the start of this outbreak, the organization has been studying how this strain of hantavirus is behaving.—
Melissa Bell,
CNN Money,
10 May 2026
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But actually-old women behaving as actually old?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 May 2026
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Just months into the pandemic, Matthew Haines, like landlords across the country, learned he was barred from evicting tenants who didn’t pay their rent under a federal eviction moratoriumthat lasted almost a year — costing him and his investors over $1 million.—
Michael Casey,
Fortune,
3 May 2026
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Prasad, at the time of the filing, claimed that the property owner had signed a lease that prevents them from evicting the campus.—
CBS Chicago Team,
CBS News,
22 Apr. 2026
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Today, oil and shipping reporter Weilun Soon says the mayhem in the Persian Gulf doesn’t bode well for both ending the war and restraining crude prices.—
Weilun Soon,
Bloomberg,
20 Apr. 2026
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The security team and members of the church assisted the guard in restraining Mbwavi.—
Michael Sinkewicz,
FOXNews.com,
8 Apr. 2026
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“Deporting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deporting. Accessed 15 May. 2026.
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