dethronements

noun

plural of dethronement
as in depositions

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  1. suspensions
  2. dismissals
  3. removals
  4. expulsions
  5. overthrows
Noun
  • In August, Hockey Canada announced continued suspensions for four of the five members but reinstated Formenton effective immediately.
    — Janson Duench, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Of course, a catalog filled with percentages, peptides, acids, suspensions, and microemulsions can still require a bit of decoding.
    — Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of suspensions
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  • Editor-in-chief Erik Slavin, publisher Max Lederer, and reporter Lara Korte at Stars and Stripes – a military news outlet that is partially funded by the Pentagon – claimed their dismissals were retaliatory and violated the First Amendment.
    — Miles J. Herszenhorn, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Jeremiah Johnson, vice president of the National Association of Immigration Judges, said asylum rates appear to be one factor, but the dismissals cannot be attributed to a single reason.
    — Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of dismissals
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  • The rates of in-absentia removals for immigrants without lawyers in Baltimore, for example, has increased from 54% in January to 73% in June, according to the group Mobile Pathways, which analyzes immigration court data.
    — Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 4 Sep. 2026
  • In July 2026, humanoid robots performed live laparoscopic gallbladder removals on a patient for the first time.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of removals
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  • Censures and expulsions set a tone Congress sets many of its own rules and, in the process, sets a tone for the nation.
    — Lisa Mascaro, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • CMEs are expulsions of plasma and magnetic fields from the Sun.
    — Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of expulsions
Noun
  • New York made four errors on the evening, including two overthrows that led to multiple free bases on the same play.
    — Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Fields, who went 7-of-11 on the day, had a few overthrows on plays that likely were sacks.
    — Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2025
Definition of overthrows
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