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as in expulsion
the forced removal from a homeland
the exile of French settlers from Nova Scotia resulted in the birth of the Cajun community in the U.S.
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as in refugee
a person forced to emigrate for political reasons
after being overthrown in a coup, the dictator spent the remainder of his life as an exile in a string of less-than-welcoming countries
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as in to banish
to force to leave a country
with their conquest of the Moors complete, Ferdinand and Isabella next exiled the Jews from Spain
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Recent Examples of exile
Voice Of The People,
New York Daily News,
20 June 2026
The estranged daughter of Fidel Castro has never entirely felt at peace here, in a city of exiles, despite being one herself.
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Christine Armario,
Washington Post,
19 June 2026
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
8 June 2026
An internal email obtained by The Charlotte Observer last week suggests the funding could come from housing federal inmates the sheriff once exiled from Mecklenburg County.
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Julia Coin
june 6,
Charlotte Observer,
6 June 2026
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Noun
Is an invasion by Cuban exiles at the Bay of Pigs the next move?
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Voice Of The People,
New York Daily News,
20 June 2026
The estranged daughter of Fidel Castro has never entirely felt at peace here, in a city of exiles, despite being one herself.
—
Christine Armario,
Washington Post,
19 June 2026
Verb
And he was stripped of his titles and has basically been exiled to Sandringham.
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Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
8 June 2026
An internal email obtained by The Charlotte Observer last week suggests the funding could come from housing federal inmates the sheriff once exiled from Mecklenburg County.
—
Julia Coin
june 6,
Charlotte Observer,
6 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exile
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The poems explore themes of loss, identity, artmaking and the natural world, as well as the 1885 expulsion of Chinese immigrants from Eureka, California.
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The flight or expulsion of 850,000 Jews from countries across the Middle East is a story that still too often rests in silence, but even when it is told, the ideology that caused it is seldom named.
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Carroz came to California as a Hmong refugee and earned a doctorate in education, equity and democracy from the University of California, Berkeley.
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The plot focuses on a young man named Yahya, who must travel from Mecca to Berlin for his father’s cancer treatment, confronting past traumas and finding refuge in an encounter with a Syrian refugee nurse.
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Between the trauma his father inflicted on him, banishing him, calling him weak, giving him a scar and pitting him against his sister — along with his mother being taken — Zuko gives into his darker impulses.
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There’s no chance Cannes Lions will be the next one banished from the game if this year is anything to go by.
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In addition to the fear of deportation, the ruling puts thousands of immigrants at risk of losing their work authorization and their jobs, according to a Haitian-American journalist.
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Federal law explicitly protects TPS holders from deportation while the designation is in effect.
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So why did the filmmakers behind this cinematic reboot of DC‘s female answer to Superman relegate poor Krypto, who was such a big part of making last year’s Superman so much fun, to a mere cameo?
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They were relegated the following campaign, but finished second in the Championship last season to head back to the Premier League.
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In the month of May, the US deported 1,746 Venezuelans according to ICE Flight Monitor.
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Hernández said that her husband was detained during an ICE check-in and that even though he was told a judge would review his case, he was deported Wednesday.
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Nine patients were brought to University Hospital, and multiple had been transported by helicopter, University of Missouri Health Care PR strategist Eric Maze said.
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Textron Aviation organizes a private airlift to transport Special Olympics athletes to the games.
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“Exile.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exile. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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