DETHRONEMENTS Synonyms: 31 Similar and Opposite Words

dethronements

noun

plural of dethronement

as in depositions

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The reduction, first from five picks to four and then from four to three, came after Timberwolves executive Kevin McHale and owner Glen Taylor agreed to serve suspensions.

— Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 14 Sep. 2026
In February, longtime GAGE staffers Karla Grimes and Tiffany Davenport were given one-year temporary suspensions.

— PJ Green September 11, Kansas City Star, 11 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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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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