as in expulsion
the forced removal from a homeland
the deportation of the Jews from Spain in 1492
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Recent Examples of deportation
Mass deportations are just one part of President Trump's agenda that the Republican majority in Congress has supported.
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Andrew Schneider, NPR, 15 Aug. 2025
Asked about the mass deportations now impacting immigrants, Shi was rational but undeterred.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 15 Aug. 2025
The video featured migrants being loaded onto deportation flights, apparently intending to create a humorous contrast between an ad for a vacation getaway and the administration's efforts.
—Diana Paulsen, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2025
Case in point, James Moll’s The Last Days, which zeroes in on a handful of Hungarian Jews who survived the Holocaust in the last year of World War II, when Nazi Germany occupied Hungary and began mass deportations to concentration camps.
—Will Harris, EW.com, 3 Aug. 2025
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Andrew Schneider, NPR, 15 Aug. 2025
Asked about the mass deportations now impacting immigrants, Shi was rational but undeterred.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 15 Aug. 2025
The video featured migrants being loaded onto deportation flights, apparently intending to create a humorous contrast between an ad for a vacation getaway and the administration's efforts.
—Diana Paulsen, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2025
Case in point, James Moll’s The Last Days, which zeroes in on a handful of Hungarian Jews who survived the Holocaust in the last year of World War II, when Nazi Germany occupied Hungary and began mass deportations to concentration camps.
—Will Harris, EW.com, 3 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deportation
expulsion
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Park and McKellar have chosen not to appeal their expulsions due to the time-consuming nature of the process, which Park said would interfere with his other projects.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
12 Aug. 2025
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According to the guild, Park and McKellar did not appeal their expulsions.—
Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
9 Aug. 2025
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“Deportation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deportation. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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