1
as in exiled
to force to leave a country
deported them back to their country of birth
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2
as in acquitted
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 deported
For example, taxpayers could bear the costs of an undocumented immigrant’s long prison sentence even if the person is ultimately going to be deported.
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Carolyn Komatsoulis
updated July 2,
Idaho Statesman,
2 July 2026
But at least 85 people without a criminal conviction or pending criminal charge have been deported, according to the department.
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Lauren Villagran,
Miami Herald,
2 July 2026
At the first mega master hearing in San Diego in mid-June, around 50 people were ordered deported, out of the 80 people scheduled to appear, according to Daylight San Diego.
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Itzel Luna,
Los Angeles Times,
1 July 2026
On June 23, 2025, after a lower court had ruled that eight men being deported to South Sudan should have due process, the Supreme Court intervened after a request from the administration to stop that order.
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Ken B. Morales,
ProPublica,
1 July 2026
In the month of May, the US deported 1,746 Venezuelans according to ICE Flight Monitor.
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Lex Harvey,
CNN Money,
30 June 2026
Hernández said that her husband was detained during an ICE check-in and that even though he was told a judge would review his case, he was deported Wednesday.
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Carmen Sesin,
NBC news,
30 June 2026
That angers Oswadeliz Nuñez, whose son Daniel Núñez remains missing after being deported.
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Sergio Martínez-Beltrán,
NPR,
30 June 2026
Rubio was set to be deported and spent five months at Delaney Hall.
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Christine Sloan,
CBS News,
27 June 2026
Carolyn Komatsoulis
updated July 2,
Idaho Statesman,
2 July 2026
But at least 85 people without a criminal conviction or pending criminal charge have been deported, according to the department.
—
Lauren Villagran,
Miami Herald,
2 July 2026
At the first mega master hearing in San Diego in mid-June, around 50 people were ordered deported, out of the 80 people scheduled to appear, according to Daylight San Diego.
—
Itzel Luna,
Los Angeles Times,
1 July 2026
On June 23, 2025, after a lower court had ruled that eight men being deported to South Sudan should have due process, the Supreme Court intervened after a request from the administration to stop that order.
—
Ken B. Morales,
ProPublica,
1 July 2026
In the month of May, the US deported 1,746 Venezuelans according to ICE Flight Monitor.
—
Lex Harvey,
CNN Money,
30 June 2026
Hernández said that her husband was detained during an ICE check-in and that even though he was told a judge would review his case, he was deported Wednesday.
—
Carmen Sesin,
NBC news,
30 June 2026
That angers Oswadeliz Nuñez, whose son Daniel Núñez remains missing after being deported.
—
Sergio Martínez-Beltrán,
NPR,
30 June 2026
Rubio was set to be deported and spent five months at Delaney Hall.
—
Christine Sloan,
CBS News,
27 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deported
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Nearby sits a family of Chaldean Christians exiled from Iraq—an anxious archeologist, his pregnant radiologist wife, and his imperious mother, who bought a bulletproof Maybach to transport her daughter-in-law to the hospital for the delivery.
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Additionally, religious community leaders were imprisoned or exiled.
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In a dissenting opinion, a member of the panel, Andi Saputra, argued that there was not enough evidence and Marakim should be acquitted.
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Babeuf was betrayed by an informant, put on trial in 1797, and eventually acquitted of conspiracy, but he was executed for committing his ideas about inequality to print.
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Catlett was banished from the United States for what her art had to say.
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There’s no chance Cannes Lions will be the next one banished from the game if this year is anything to go by.
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And the institutions built on treating people as averages started to lag behind a reality that no longer behaved that way.
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What matters most is that the E3800LFP consistently behaved like a serious backup platform throughout testing.
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They are relegated to atmosphere, anecdote, trace, background hum.
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By the next year, the Challenge Cup had become a preseason tournament, already relegated to a competition without a clear purpose within the NWSL hierarchy.
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Fujimori’s presidency marks a return of her family’s political brand to Peru’s highest office — a movement that has long carried a complicated relationship with the United States.
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Since relocating to Los Angeles, Gonzalez’s small downtown team has scaled Happy Organics into a design-forward brand carried by major retailers, anchored in local maker communities and a sense of purpose.
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“Deported.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deported. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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