deported

past tense of deport

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of deported Separately, the administration deported an Afghan man to the Central African Republic despite a prior judicial protection order over fears his family could face Taliban retaliation. Adrian Elimian, semafor.com, 18 Sep. 2026 The group includes at least 113 former beneficiaries of Temporary Protected Status, who were deported mere days after being detained in the United States, according to Haitian government records. Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2026 While Palestinians with Israeli citizenship have been stripped of citizenship and deported to the West Bank or Gaza, no Jewish Israeli citizen has ever had their citizenship revoked. Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2026 For weeks the Post had been circulating rumors that she might be deported. Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2026 Moises Anwar Arellano‑Alba is a 36-year-old from Mexico who was ordered deported in July. Maven Navarro, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Sep. 2026 They were each jailed for between 13 and 17 months, though all have since been released and deported. Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2026 Recent incidents drawing public scrutiny in Thailand have involved tourists of several nationalities, but one of the highest profile cases was of an Israeli tourist who was convicted of threatening a zoo owner and then deported. Arkansas Online, 11 Sep. 2026 The French citizen who owned the zoo also had been accused of causing several other unrelated disturbances and was ordered to be deported days later. Jintamas Saksornchai, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deported
Verb
  • Located in Jerusalem, al-Wasiti became, for years, the place to visit, empowering Palestinian artists exiled all over the world to return to a fountain of unity and belonging.
    Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 26 Aug. 2026
  • This thriller centers on disgraced or damaged agents of Britain’s MI6 intelligence service who have been exiled to a remote Greek island.
    Monitor reviewers, Christian Science Monitor, 21 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The defense also wrote that Puig should be acquitted on the charge of lying to federal investigators.
    Sam Blum, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
  • If acquitted for lack of criminal responsibility, Clancy would then face a potentially indefinite series of commitment orders confining her to a secure state mental health facility.
    Liam Quinn, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Their situation is nothing like that of Prince Andrew, for example, who was stripped of all his titles and has now been banished to Sandringham.
    Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Characters banished or murdered early in one version emerge victorious in another.
    Greg Evans, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • For a brief period, however, many Americans behaved as though being part of a society meant participating in it.
    Steven Fulop, New York Daily News, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Our model not only reproduced how bacteria behaved under different nutrient environments, but also revealed where their memory likely resides.
    Shiladitya Banerjee, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Designers are making the claim that the humble sweater, long relegated to serving as a convenient layer beneath tailoring and outerwear, can also be the main attraction.
    Jon Roth, Robb Report, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Despite the victory, they were still relegated to Spain’s second division, but the strike was nominated for the club’s goal of the year award for 2025.
    Guillermo Rai, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Both fighters carried Legion sensor systems equipped with a pre-production version of L3Harris’ HiveLink.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Clear communication grows when assumptions are continuously examined, not quietly carried.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026

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“Deported.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deported. Accessed 18 Sep. 2026.

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