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
All four crew members ejected safely, with three uninjured and one treated for non-life-threatening injuries at a Boise-area hospital.
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Idaho Statesman, 20 May 2026
White Sox manager Wil Venable was ejected for arguing the call.
—CBS News, 19 May 2026
Kim Sykes, marketing director with Silver Wings of Idaho, which helped to plan the air show celebrating America’s 250th birthday, told the Associated Press all four of the crew members, including the pilots, from the jets ejected safely and deployed their parachutes to reach the ground.
—Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 18 May 2026
Police suspected that Mexican national Brenda Liliana Rivera-Estrada, 30, was impaired during the April 12 crash that ejected her daughter from a vehicle and injured two boys, 11 and 3, and a baby girl, 1.
—Eric MacK, FOXNews.com, 18 May 2026
White Sox manager Wil Venable was ejected for arguing the call.
—ABC News, 18 May 2026
If those results were repeated in a national election that has to be held by 2029, the party would be overwhelmingly ejected from power.
—Pan Pylas, Fortune, 13 May 2026
The San Antonio Spurs and Minnesota Timberwolves are tied 2-2, and everyone will be watching to see how Victor Wembanyama responds after being ejected in the second quarter of Game 4.
—Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 12 May 2026
Torres was ruled out and the fans were ejected and later banned from attending any MLB games.
—Jamie Barton, CNN Money, 13 Apr. 2025
Idaho Statesman, 20 May 2026
White Sox manager Wil Venable was ejected for arguing the call.
—CBS News, 19 May 2026
Kim Sykes, marketing director with Silver Wings of Idaho, which helped to plan the air show celebrating America’s 250th birthday, told the Associated Press all four of the crew members, including the pilots, from the jets ejected safely and deployed their parachutes to reach the ground.
—Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 18 May 2026
Police suspected that Mexican national Brenda Liliana Rivera-Estrada, 30, was impaired during the April 12 crash that ejected her daughter from a vehicle and injured two boys, 11 and 3, and a baby girl, 1.
—Eric MacK, FOXNews.com, 18 May 2026
White Sox manager Wil Venable was ejected for arguing the call.
—ABC News, 18 May 2026
If those results were repeated in a national election that has to be held by 2029, the party would be overwhelmingly ejected from power.
—Pan Pylas, Fortune, 13 May 2026
The San Antonio Spurs and Minnesota Timberwolves are tied 2-2, and everyone will be watching to see how Victor Wembanyama responds after being ejected in the second quarter of Game 4.
—Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 12 May 2026
Torres was ruled out and the fans were ejected and later banned from attending any MLB games.
—Jamie Barton, CNN Money, 13 Apr. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ejected
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That lawsuit was dismissed in December.—
Mark Puleo,
New York Times,
17 May 2026
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For business leaders and investors, the May 20 vote should not be dismissed as symbolic diplomacy.—
Ingmar Rentzhog,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2026
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The Beta Sigma Chapter of Omega Psi Phi has since been expelled from Southern University, per WAFB.—
Erin Clack,
PEOPLE,
17 May 2026
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Organizations that refused would be expelled.—
Clayton Dalton,
New Yorker,
15 May 2026
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Awad and Kaziha were killed while they were chased by the gunmen, the Islamic center said.—
Mirna Alsharif,
NBC news,
19 May 2026
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According to the criminal complaint, the confrontation began when Castro and other ICE agents chased a man who was delivering food for DoorDash back to his house.—
Laura Romero,
ABC News,
18 May 2026
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Bulgaria won 312 votes from the audience as the crowd erupted in cheers and confetti.—
Alejandra Gularte,
Vulture,
16 May 2026
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But when the Gaga music started playing, the crowd erupted with the kind of hysteria once reserved for Beatlemania.—
Maxwell Adler,
Vanity Fair,
15 May 2026
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Since whistleblowers outed OpenAI’s mistake, cops have gotten access to the shooter’s logs, but families and their legal team have not, Edelson confirmed.—
Robert Pearlman,
ArsTechnica,
29 Apr. 2026
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Some of these pictures show him at an event in Birmingham with Black Box theater colleagues and attended by officials of UK actors union Equity just a few weeks before he was outed by Norwood’s anonymous tipper.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
16 Apr. 2026
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The isotope can only be directly detected with equipment such as a mass spectrometer, which uses absorbed or emitted radiation to determine the chemical makeup of a target sample.—
Robin George Andrews,
Scientific American,
14 May 2026
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The first piece visitors encounter upon entering Iris van Herpen’s new exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum in New York is the designer’s 2016 bubble dress—a precursor to the 2026 iteration, which also emitted blown bubbles, that went viral when Eileen Gu wore it to the Met Gala last week.—
Laird Borrelli-Persson,
Vogue,
11 May 2026
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The nervous tension that had enveloped the Emirates was banished, replaced by a carnival atmosphere.—
Ayo Akinwolere,
New York Times,
10 May 2026
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He was stripped of all his honors and titles and banished from public view by the royal family after years of scandal over his money woes and links to questionable characters, including Epstein.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
8 May 2026
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My mother spitting cherry pips with me and my sister.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 May 2026
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In a social media post on May 9, the nonprofit said Sandy spat out a pellet.—
Michelle Del Rey,
USA Today,
12 May 2026
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“Ejected.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ejected. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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