ejecting

present participle of eject

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of ejecting This, essentially, was a driver ejecting them for their political views and fashion choices. — Matt Calkins Outkick, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2026 Unscrewing its top reveals a small pin that can be used for punching holes, ejecting a SIM card, or simply as a toothpick. — Maryna Holovnova, New Atlas, 6 Oct. 2026 Derek Gutierrez, a public affairs specialist with the 149th Fighter Wing, said the pilot received medical treatment after ejecting from the aircraft. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2026 Out toward the edge, the star would boil unstably, sloughing off outer layers and explosively ejecting mass. — Quanta Magazine, 14 Sep. 2026 The impact tore away the entire right side and most of the roof of the vehicle, ejecting all five passengers. — Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 8 Sep. 2026 When Freedom stepped toward the court, security intervened and led him away before ejecting him from the building. — Emily Ohman, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026 The vehicle flipped, ejecting him, and then landed on top of him. — Kansas City Star, 3 Sep. 2026 During a process called Hills capture, as a stellar binary orbits a supermassive black hole and the gravitational influence of the black hole rips the binary apart, ejecting one star while capturing the other. — Robert Lea, Space.com, 1 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ejecting
Verb
  • The video, which has resurfaced on social media ahead of the midterms, features older Americans dismissing issues such as gun violence and climate change while sarcastically encouraging young people to stay home on Election Day.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026
  • The usual suspects tried dismissing Jokic and Doncic as international players.
    — Bobby Burack OutKick, FOXNews.com, 2 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • As for Omar, the President and his circle have openly called for expelling her from the country.
    — Rozina Ali, New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Florida reported expelling 466 public preschoolers, more than any other state.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 5 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • At that point, the group had botched its first two votes, mistakenly banishing two female faithfuls.
    — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 12 Oct. 2026
  • After Hallet dies in a misguided clinic bust care of a banishing spell gone awry, the whole Owens clan is nearly destroyed.
    — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Its texture suggests that the magma cooled relatively slowly beneath the surface rather than erupting as lava.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2026
  • The jet slammed nose-first like a missile into a busy Palm Beach County road, before erupting into flames and sending thick black smoke into the sky, dashcam video shows.
    — Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • In the mid-2010s, publications poured money into burgeoning social media video efforts, chasing the promise of reaching larger audiences and opening new lines of revenue.
    — Mia Sato, The Verge, 8 Nov. 2026
  • But chasing those most likely to gamble often means chasing addicts.
    — New Yorker, New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • Morgan refuses Ancker’s offer outright and stops just short of spitting in the man’s face.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Everyone spitting dope ass verses, trying to keep up with each other.
    — Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 27 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Pizzica tarantata is performed almost like an exorcism, the spiritual practice of evicting demons or malevolent entities (such as supposed spider’s venom) through a sort of ritual—in this case, ecstatic, free-form dance.
    — Laura Kiniry, Popular Science, 10 Nov. 2026
  • But by 1992, May Wah had succeeded in evicting the last two tenants.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • They’ve been handed yet another free pass to keep emitting harmful air pollution without the protections that safeguard our health.
    — Elizabeth Bechard, Time, 6 Nov. 2026
  • What's particularly interesting and endearing about this feature is that while previous implementations of the glowing logo relied on an existing screen backlight, OLED panels (which use self-emitting pixels) need no backlight.
    — Joe Osborne, PC Magazine, 5 Nov. 2026

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“Ejecting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ejecting. Accessed 14 Nov. 2026.

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