1
as in exiling
to force to leave a country
deported them back to their country of birth
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2
as in carrying
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 deporting
Govt mistakenly letting people out instead of deporting.
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Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2025
This was always the nightmarish place where the hallucination of deporting 10 million people was going to lead.
—Newsweek Contributors, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
The ruling, released Friday night, also temporarily prohibits federal immigration authorities from deporting or transferring that man, Nestor Gutierrez, and similar immigrants without legal status currently being detained in Colorado.
—Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 20 Oct. 2025
But a federal lawsuit argues authorities are regularly jailing and deporting immigrants who are survivors of human trafficking, domestic abuse and other crimes.
—Julia Marnin, Sacbee.com, 20 Oct. 2025
The agency is instead holding people in jails, prisons or tent encampments – the first and largest on the Fort Bliss military base in Texas – before deporting them.
—Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 19 Oct. 2025
The following year Italy began deporting asylum-seekers there to await processing.
—Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 19 Oct. 2025
Trump is attacking immigration at both ends of spectrum, deporting low-wage laborers and discouraging skilled foreigners from bringing their talents to the United States.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2025
The judge ruled that arresting and deporting non-citizen students for such reasons violated the First Amendment.
—Chad De Guzman, Time, 15 Oct. 2025
Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2025
This was always the nightmarish place where the hallucination of deporting 10 million people was going to lead.
—Newsweek Contributors, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
The ruling, released Friday night, also temporarily prohibits federal immigration authorities from deporting or transferring that man, Nestor Gutierrez, and similar immigrants without legal status currently being detained in Colorado.
—Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 20 Oct. 2025
But a federal lawsuit argues authorities are regularly jailing and deporting immigrants who are survivors of human trafficking, domestic abuse and other crimes.
—Julia Marnin, Sacbee.com, 20 Oct. 2025
The agency is instead holding people in jails, prisons or tent encampments – the first and largest on the Fort Bliss military base in Texas – before deporting them.
—Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 19 Oct. 2025
The following year Italy began deporting asylum-seekers there to await processing.
—Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 19 Oct. 2025
Trump is attacking immigration at both ends of spectrum, deporting low-wage laborers and discouraging skilled foreigners from bringing their talents to the United States.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2025
The judge ruled that arresting and deporting non-citizen students for such reasons violated the First Amendment.
—Chad De Guzman, Time, 15 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deporting
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Ruthlessly exiling those players sent a clear message about the importance of squad harmony, but arguably handed the leverage in negotiations to buying clubs, driving down their prices and delaying their departures.—
James McNicholas,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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Major retailers started carrying blue Halloween buckets, including Amazon, Walmart and Target.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
PEOPLE,
31 Oct. 2025
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The result is a canvas capable of carrying emotional depth, material beauty, and archival quality, allowing works like Mourad’s to be both contemporary and timeless.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
30 Oct. 2025
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As for banishing, those shiny black leggings—the rock chic sort that look PVC but aren’t.—
Olivia Allen,
Vogue,
11 Oct. 2025
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However, the King isn’t totally banishing Andrew and his ex-wife.—
Lea Veloso,
StyleCaster,
29 Sep. 2025
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The first jury, by contrast, deliberated for days before acquitting Amiri of conspiracy, multiple deprivation-of-rights charges and convicting him of the single dog attack and records falsification.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
19 Sep. 2025
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Jury leans toward convicting Sweet and brother Harry for manslaughter and acquitting everyone else, but can't reach unanimous verdicts.—
NEAL RUBIN,
Freep.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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With sciatica relegating LeBron James to the sidelines, Doncic was unstoppable as a scorer and put up 43 points.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
22 Oct. 2025
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Mahomes’ connections with Tyquan Thornton secured the victory, relegating New York to their first 0-3 season since 2021.—
Kayla Hayempour,
NBC news,
22 Sep. 2025
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Anyone else in the room would expect to be arrested for behaving in such an indecent way in public, the man said.—
Gayla Cawley,
Boston Herald,
26 Oct. 2025
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So there was still a rigidity of behaving and conforming.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
23 Oct. 2025
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The county has been in the process of evicting the Dolphin Company, which filed for bankruptcy earlier this year.—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
13 Oct. 2025
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In the final part of the HOH competition, Ashley won and became the last HOH, evicting Morgan from the game and choosing Vince to take to the Final 2.—
Armando Tinoco,
Deadline,
28 Sep. 2025
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Taiwan, too, should keep enhancing its civil and military defenses while restraining its assertions of sovereignty in cross-strait affairs.—
STEPHEN WERTHEIM,
Foreign Affairs,
28 Oct. 2025
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The Washington Post via Getty Images Ellis asked Monday about several instances in which tear gas was deployed after her order restraining its use.—
Daniella Silva,
NBC news,
20 Oct. 2025
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“Deporting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deporting. Accessed 1 Nov. 2025.
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