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
Islamabad has also tried to pressure the Taliban by deporting Afghan refugees.
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NPR, 31 Oct. 2025
Govt mistakenly letting people out instead of deporting.
—Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2025
This was always the nightmarish place where the hallucination of deporting 10 million people was going to lead.
—Newsweek Contributors, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
The ruling, released Friday night, also temporarily prohibits federal immigration authorities from deporting or transferring that man, Nestor Gutierrez, and similar immigrants without legal status currently being detained in Colorado.
—Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 20 Oct. 2025
But a federal lawsuit argues authorities are regularly jailing and deporting immigrants who are survivors of human trafficking, domestic abuse and other crimes.
—Julia Marnin, Sacbee.com, 20 Oct. 2025
The agency is instead holding people in jails, prisons or tent encampments – the first and largest on the Fort Bliss military base in Texas – before deporting them.
—Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 19 Oct. 2025
The following year Italy began deporting asylum-seekers there to await processing.
—Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 19 Oct. 2025
Trump is attacking immigration at both ends of spectrum, deporting low-wage laborers and discouraging skilled foreigners from bringing their talents to the United States.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2025
NPR, 31 Oct. 2025
Govt mistakenly letting people out instead of deporting.
—Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2025
This was always the nightmarish place where the hallucination of deporting 10 million people was going to lead.
—Newsweek Contributors, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
The ruling, released Friday night, also temporarily prohibits federal immigration authorities from deporting or transferring that man, Nestor Gutierrez, and similar immigrants without legal status currently being detained in Colorado.
—Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 20 Oct. 2025
But a federal lawsuit argues authorities are regularly jailing and deporting immigrants who are survivors of human trafficking, domestic abuse and other crimes.
—Julia Marnin, Sacbee.com, 20 Oct. 2025
The agency is instead holding people in jails, prisons or tent encampments – the first and largest on the Fort Bliss military base in Texas – before deporting them.
—Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 19 Oct. 2025
The following year Italy began deporting asylum-seekers there to await processing.
—Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 19 Oct. 2025
Trump is attacking immigration at both ends of spectrum, deporting low-wage laborers and discouraging skilled foreigners from bringing their talents to the United States.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 18 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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DaCosta films it all with a ferociously cinematic flamboyance, banishing any charges of staginess.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
28 Oct. 2025
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As for banishing, those shiny black leggings—the rock chic sort that look PVC but aren’t.—
Olivia Allen,
Vogue,
11 Oct. 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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Jury leans toward convicting Sweet and brother Harry for manslaughter and acquitting everyone else, but can't reach unanimous verdicts.—
NEAL RUBIN,
Freep.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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But bubbly, unstrategic, free-spirited Tallulah also has a tendency to suck up all the oxygen in a city, relegating Maia to the role of sidekick.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
30 Oct. 2025
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With sciatica relegating LeBron James to the sidelines, Doncic was unstoppable as a scorer and put up 43 points.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
22 Oct. 2025
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Some visitors behaving badly at the parks can add to the strain.—
Michael Salerno,
AZCentral.com,
30 Oct. 2025
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Hungry children have a harder time paying attention, behaving, and learning in school.—
Dan Gooding,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Oct. 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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In the final part of the HOH competition, Ashley won and became the last HOH, evicting Morgan from the game and choosing Vince to take to the Final 2.—
Armando Tinoco,
Deadline,
28 Sep. 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 8 Nov. 2025.
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