1
as in dismissed
to drive or force out
we summarily ejected the unwanted guest from our party
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2
as in expelled
to violently throw out or off (something from within)
the malfunctioning VCR abruptly stopped rewinding and ejected the tape
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Recent Examples of ejected
Blue Jays manager John Schneider was ejected in the top of the fifth for arguing with plate umpire Dan Merzel after a balk by Gausman.
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CBS News, 8 Apr. 2026
Los Angeles Angels designated hitter Jorge Soler and Atlanta Braves pitcher Reynaldo López each received seven-game suspensions from Major League Baseball on Wednesday after they were ejected following their participation in a brawl Tuesday night.
—ABC News, 8 Apr. 2026
Gausman was called for a balk – disputed by Jays manager John Schneider, who was ejected – and Kim scored on a single by Freeland.
—Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 8 Apr. 2026
Bucknor, who has been an MLB umpire since 1996, ejected Red Sox manager Alex Cora after calling Trevor Story out on a check swing.
—Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2026
Patience, who was a senior at Chapel Hill High School, was ejected from the vehicle and was pronounced dead at the scene, authorities said.
—Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 1 Apr. 2026
According to a statement from Nellis Air Force Base cited by multiple reported, emergency crews reached the crash site and confirmed that the pilot had safely ejected and suffered only minor injuries.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 1 Apr. 2026
Twins manager Derek Shelton got ejected for arguing with an umpire who had attempted to rule in his team’s favor.
—Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 31 Mar. 2026
All six crew members safely ejected from the F-15E Strike Eagles.
—Aamer Madhani, Fortune, 31 Mar. 2026
CBS News, 8 Apr. 2026
Los Angeles Angels designated hitter Jorge Soler and Atlanta Braves pitcher Reynaldo López each received seven-game suspensions from Major League Baseball on Wednesday after they were ejected following their participation in a brawl Tuesday night.
—ABC News, 8 Apr. 2026
Gausman was called for a balk – disputed by Jays manager John Schneider, who was ejected – and Kim scored on a single by Freeland.
—Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 8 Apr. 2026
Bucknor, who has been an MLB umpire since 1996, ejected Red Sox manager Alex Cora after calling Trevor Story out on a check swing.
—Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2026
Patience, who was a senior at Chapel Hill High School, was ejected from the vehicle and was pronounced dead at the scene, authorities said.
—Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 1 Apr. 2026
According to a statement from Nellis Air Force Base cited by multiple reported, emergency crews reached the crash site and confirmed that the pilot had safely ejected and suffered only minor injuries.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 1 Apr. 2026
Twins manager Derek Shelton got ejected for arguing with an umpire who had attempted to rule in his team’s favor.
—Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 31 Mar. 2026
All six crew members safely ejected from the F-15E Strike Eagles.
—Aamer Madhani, Fortune, 31 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ejected
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When a Groyper account on X suggested that Jewish people were responsible for contemporary German immigration policy, Rogers, using her official State Department account, dismissed the claim as nonsense.—
Antonia Hitchens,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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And yet, when HB 1098 was introduced in 2023, critics dismissed it as a solution in search of a problem.—
Lisa Frizell,
Denver Post,
6 Apr. 2026
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The letter says that after the second incident, multiple members whose names are redacted were expelled by the fraternity’s disciplinary board.—
Matthew Kelly
April 6,
Kansas City Star,
6 Apr. 2026
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Encouraged and aided by independent neighbours, Guinean nationalists took up arms in 1962 and after 10 years of fighting expelled the Portuguese from three-quarters of Portuguese Guinea.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
2 Apr. 2026
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Andrés Giménez chased after one above the zone, lifting a shallow fly ball that Teoscar Hernández could corral without allowing a run to score.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2026
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This happens as a person being chased by another person runs up from the street, falls on the sidewalk, gets up, and keeps heading toward the house.—
Steve Karnowski,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Apr. 2026
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The Crown’s soaked supporters erupted.—
Colin Cerniglia,
Charlotte Observer,
5 Apr. 2026
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Nu Stadium erupted and the game remained knotted 1-1 at halftime.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
5 Apr. 2026
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That process has effectively scared many people away from filling out paperwork to recertify with Medi-Cal due to fears of being outed by the federal government, which is cracking down on undocumented immigrants by apprehending and deporting them.—
Pat Maio,
Oc Register,
22 Mar. 2026
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The new season sees Reid's Lestat de Lioncourt living the rockstar life, as vampires have been outed by author Daniel Molloy (Eric Bobosian) in his book that interviews Louis de Pointe du Lac (Jacob Anderson).—
Debbie Day,
Entertainment Weekly,
13 Mar. 2026
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That’s because the universe was full of relatively cool, light-smothering hydrogen, which scarcely emitted any light of its own.—
Joseph Howlett,
Scientific American,
8 Apr. 2026
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The telescope, known as the Near-Earth Object Surveyor, will detect infrared light or heat being emitted by elusive asteroids and comets.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2026
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While Vitello was banished to his office, the Giants lost a lot more than that.—
Andrew Baggarly,
New York Times,
6 Apr. 2026
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Finish last in the Social Darwinism of a European football league, and you’re banished to a lower division of the game.—
Andrés Martinez,
Fortune,
2 Apr. 2026
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Nafisa allegedly spat on someone, believed to be a Frontier employee, per Local 10, as she was being taken off the plane.—
Latoya Gayle,
PEOPLE,
31 Mar. 2026
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The Portuguese princess who could go from spitting 16s with Swollen Members to dropping ‘Maneater’ and ‘Promiscuous’ with Timbaland.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
30 Mar. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Ejected.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ejected. Accessed 11 Apr. 2026.
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