as in banishing
to force (someone) to leave a place
His landlord has threatened to evict him if he doesn't pay the rent soon. They were evicted from their apartment.
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Recent Examples of evicting
In the final part of the HOH competition, Ashley won and became the last HOH, evicting Morgan from the game and choosing Vince to take to the Final 2.
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Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 28 Sep. 2025
After Domingue won the BB Blockbuster, the houseguests had to decide between evicting Soto and Jorgensen.
—Dina Kaur, AZCentral.com, 21 Sep. 2025
Kelley’s fate in the game was sealed when the house deadlocked at two votes apiece between evicting her or Keanu Soto.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Sep. 2025
Minnesota’s coach hopes the days of evicting WNBA teams from their home arenas for premium playoff games are now over.
—Christian Babcock, Mercury News, 18 Sep. 2025
Ava Pearl and Lauren spoke about sending Keanu home, and Keanu talked to Kelley about evicting Lauren.
—David Wysong, Cincinnati Enquirer, 18 Sep. 2025
Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 28 Sep. 2025
After Domingue won the BB Blockbuster, the houseguests had to decide between evicting Soto and Jorgensen.
—Dina Kaur, AZCentral.com, 21 Sep. 2025
Kelley’s fate in the game was sealed when the house deadlocked at two votes apiece between evicting her or Keanu Soto.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Sep. 2025
Minnesota’s coach hopes the days of evicting WNBA teams from their home arenas for premium playoff games are now over.
—Christian Babcock, Mercury News, 18 Sep. 2025
Ava Pearl and Lauren spoke about sending Keanu home, and Keanu talked to Kelley about evicting Lauren.
—David Wysong, Cincinnati Enquirer, 18 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for evicting
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However, the King isn’t totally banishing Andrew and his ex-wife.—
Lea Veloso,
StyleCaster,
29 Sep. 2025
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For Darnold, Thursday’s victory went some way to banishing demons from last season.—
Ben Morse,
CNN Money,
26 Sep. 2025
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Upon avoiding vehicles, the Honda skidded sideways between the first lane and the emergency lane, and rolled at least three times, ejecting the driver.—
PJ Green,
Kansas City Star,
26 Sep. 2025
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The stars will all burn out; the corpses of these stars will radiate all their heat away and cool to absolute zero; the stellar remnants will gravitationally interact, ejecting the majority of objects into intergalactic space, while the few remaining black holes grow to enormous sizes.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
25 Sep. 2025
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The name Jesus in Hebrew is Joshua—the name of Moses’s successor, who conquered the land of Israel in ancient times and set up an independent Jewish state, expelling and defeating his enemies.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
30 Sep. 2025
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Fernández Noroña is also calling an emergency session Friday to propose expelling Moreno and the three other PRI lawmakers as a result of the scuffle, the New York Post reported.—
Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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As a result of the investigation, embassy officials decided not to renew the employee’s contract, effectively dismissing him.—
T. Christian Miller,
ProPublica,
30 Sep. 2025
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The appellate court last year reversed Martínez-Olguín’s initial case dismissal, leading to the judge dismissing it again.—
Robert Salonga,
Mercury News,
30 Sep. 2025
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Ruthlessly exiling those players sent a clear message about the importance of squad harmony, but arguably handed the leverage in negotiations to buying clubs, driving down their prices and delaying their departures.—
James McNicholas,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Washington, for example, sanctioned Thai officials in March for deporting 40 Uyghur asylum seekers to China.—
SUSANNAH PATTON,
Foreign Affairs,
25 Sep. 2025
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Kelly says the government is blocked from deporting these children while the case continues.—
Armando Garcia,
ABC News,
18 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Entrepreneurs are first pulled toward their passion in all sorts of ways—whether that be through an overbearing parent, chasing a childhood dream career, or realization that a hobby can bring in millions.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
5 Oct. 2025
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The rest of the industry wants to emulate this success, but as many editors know, chasing a trend can be a futile endeavor.—
Rebecca Ackermann,
The Atlantic,
5 Oct. 2025
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But the building feels temporary, with United having previously discussed removing it.—
Laurie Whitwell,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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More than 200 bodies are still on the mountain, left there because of the difficulty, risk, and cost of removing them, the database says.—
Janet Loehrke,
USA Today,
6 Oct. 2025
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“Evicting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evicting. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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