Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for defenestrated
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And because only days before the February 2021 surgery Mahomes had scrambled a stupefying 497 yards behind the line of scrimmage before throwing the ball or being sacked in a 31-9 drubbing by Tampa Bay in Super Bowl LV.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
22 Jan. 2026 -
Ward was also sacked 55 times, the most in the league.—
Antwan Staley,
New York Daily News,
20 Jan. 2026
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That lawsuit ended earlier this month after the immigrant detainee who filed the case agreed to be removed from the United States.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
29 Jan. 2026
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It was rapidly removed, but an image of the listing was grabbed ahead of that.—
Andrew Williams,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Tens of thousands of public health jobs axed.—
Jennifer W. Tsai,
STAT,
18 Jan. 2026
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The Anaconda star has no hard feelings over the sketch getting axed.—
Emlyn Travis,
Entertainment Weekly,
16 Jan. 2026
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Writers on the verge of cliché should quickly swerve before getting caught in its thought-quashing machine, and readers who come across it should write it off as canned, shopworn, and tired.—
Katie Kadue,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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Some old-school joints use frozen or canned options year-round—a forgivable workaround when doused with enough garlic.—
Becky Duffett,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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Banks had retired from the Border Patrol as a GS-14, below the rank required to oversee it.—
Anna Giaritelli,
The Washington Examiner,
22 Jan. 2026
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Martin retired in February 2025 after 32 years — 25 of them at the same station.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
22 Jan. 2026
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For culture, pop into the National Museum of Napoleonic Residences to trace the French emperor’s time exiled on the island.—
Rebecca Ann Hughes,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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Jonathan Kuminga, the man exiled to the end of the bench for more than a month, erupted.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
21 Jan. 2026
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One of the most startling statistics from ImpactTulsa was that the highest percentage of children evicted were in pre-k and kindergarten, Pogemiller said.—
Jake Ramsey,
Oklahoma Watch,
17 Jan. 2026
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In the middle of a Chicago winter, Dahlia is evicted because Joey, her boyfriend of three years, ran off with the little bit of savings the couple had.—
Oline H. Cogdill,
Sun Sentinel,
15 Jan. 2026
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James Byrne was mustered out of the Army in 1866.—
Richard Selcer,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 Dec. 2025
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“Defenestrated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/defenestrated. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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