1
as in exiled
to force to leave a country
deported them back to their country of birth
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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
In September, 95 members of Congress requested a full accounting from the DHS of how many active DACA recipients had been detained or deported since January 2025, including where and when those arrests occurred.
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Gregory Royal Pratt, Chicago Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026
The Office of Homeland Security Statistics is responsible for publishing figures from Homeland Security agencies, including removals and the nationalities of those deported, to provide a comprehensive picture of immigration trends at the border and inside the United States.
—ABC News, 15 Mar. 2026
That motivation still holds true, but Mexican government data analyzed by Quinto Elemento Lab reveal many of the migrants deported in 2025 came from states that are wracked by cartel violence.
—Steve Fisher, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2026
The Honduran native — who entered the country illegally and has been deported four times — was arrested at a Brooklyn homeless shelter.
—Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 15 Mar. 2026
He was previously convicted in 2017 of providing material support to the Islamic State group and was sentenced to 11 years in prison, but was not deported.
—Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 14 Mar. 2026
Aleksei and his wife, who asked to be identified only by their first names out of fear of retaliation should they be deported, watched their 5-year-old twins unravel at the remote, prisonlike facility.
—Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC news, 13 Mar. 2026
Their work on Lesbos began almost by coincidence after Hansen was deported from Lebanon.
—Lise Pedersen, Variety, 13 Mar. 2026
An 11th defendant had previously been deported to India, authorities said.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 13 Mar. 2026
Gregory Royal Pratt, Chicago Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026
The Office of Homeland Security Statistics is responsible for publishing figures from Homeland Security agencies, including removals and the nationalities of those deported, to provide a comprehensive picture of immigration trends at the border and inside the United States.
—ABC News, 15 Mar. 2026
That motivation still holds true, but Mexican government data analyzed by Quinto Elemento Lab reveal many of the migrants deported in 2025 came from states that are wracked by cartel violence.
—Steve Fisher, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2026
The Honduran native — who entered the country illegally and has been deported four times — was arrested at a Brooklyn homeless shelter.
—Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 15 Mar. 2026
He was previously convicted in 2017 of providing material support to the Islamic State group and was sentenced to 11 years in prison, but was not deported.
—Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 14 Mar. 2026
Aleksei and his wife, who asked to be identified only by their first names out of fear of retaliation should they be deported, watched their 5-year-old twins unravel at the remote, prisonlike facility.
—Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC news, 13 Mar. 2026
Their work on Lesbos began almost by coincidence after Hansen was deported from Lebanon.
—Lise Pedersen, Variety, 13 Mar. 2026
An 11th defendant had previously been deported to India, authorities said.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 13 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deported
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The protesters included secular left-wingers and nationalists as well as Islamists, but Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, a fundamentalist cleric at that time exiled in France, emerged as the movement's undisputed figurehead.—
The Week UK,
TheWeek,
8 Mar. 2026
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Most of them have been jailed or exiled or arrested or even killed.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
8 Mar. 2026
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Rocky denied all wrongdoing and jumped into a courtroom gallery to hug Rihanna when he was acquitted in February 2025.—
James Queally,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Mar. 2026
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Donaldson was acquitted of intimidation, strangulation and a misdemeanor interference with the reporting of the crime.—
Maya Wilkins,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Mar. 2026
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The arguments about whether or not the drug peddlers should be banished becomes the central narrative thread.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
13 Mar. 2026
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Russell Crowe, 'Gladiator’ (2001) Crowe's Roman warrior Maximus, a general banished to slavery thanks to a petulant young emperor (Joaquin Phoenix) who rises back to glory, is a throwback to old-school Hollywood action heroes that still works.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
9 Mar. 2026
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Members who behaved badly prior to that do not deserve anonymity.—
Robin Abcarian,
Mercury News,
11 Mar. 2026
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The first is that, as noted, Vancouver behaved with a clear and consistent direction in cleaning out veteran players, clearing the books and shaking up a locker room mix that has consistently underachieved this decade.—
Thomas Drance,
New York Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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City were relegated in 1996 and 2001 but wasn’t bought by its wealthy Abu Dhabi owners until 2008.—
Joe Prince-Wright,
NBC news,
13 Mar. 2026
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Smith was the team’s starter for 29 games before he was relegated to the bench for his final two seasons.—
Antwan Staley,
New York Daily News,
13 Mar. 2026
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The controversy has carried into the offseason, apparently prompting at least one prominent UNC football alumnus to forgo attending games in person when the 2026 season begins this fall.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
13 Mar. 2026
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Long before that, the site marked the end point of the New River, the 17th-century canal that carried fresh drinking water from Hertfordshire into the city.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
13 Mar. 2026
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