as in banished
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 exiled
Nicaragua’s government has also imprisoned adversaries, religious leaders, journalists and more, then exiled them, stripping hundreds of their citizenship and possessions.
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Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2026
Unmoored from the family unit, and inflated by success and ambition, she is left to roam the rainy hills like a beast that has exiled itself from conventional society.
—Literary Hub, 9 June 2026
If Sorsby was caught betting on his own team back in these days, the NCAA probably would have exiled him to Mongolia, but times have changed.
—Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 9 June 2026
Nicaragua’s government has also imprisoned adversaries, religious leaders, journalists and more, then exiled them, stripping hundreds of their citizenship and possessions.
—ABC News, 8 June 2026
And he was stripped of his titles and has basically been exiled to Sandringham.
—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
Instead, it was exiled after one season because of poor ratings.
—Sergio Pereira, Space.com, 3 June 2026
Any executive shopping Makar should be exiled to Ogallala.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 31 May 2026
Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2026
Unmoored from the family unit, and inflated by success and ambition, she is left to roam the rainy hills like a beast that has exiled itself from conventional society.
—Literary Hub, 9 June 2026
If Sorsby was caught betting on his own team back in these days, the NCAA probably would have exiled him to Mongolia, but times have changed.
—Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 9 June 2026
Nicaragua’s government has also imprisoned adversaries, religious leaders, journalists and more, then exiled them, stripping hundreds of their citizenship and possessions.
—ABC News, 8 June 2026
And he was stripped of his titles and has basically been exiled to Sandringham.
—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
Instead, it was exiled after one season because of poor ratings.
—Sergio Pereira, Space.com, 3 June 2026
Any executive shopping Makar should be exiled to Ogallala.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 31 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for exiled
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His lone goal delighted the Swiss partisans, who were banished to the second level of the stadium.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
13 June 2026
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Thus, security was tight and the event did not allow for the usual socializing and table-hopping — and the press, as social media shows, was banished to the balconies.—
Jem Aswad,
Variety,
12 June 2026
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Dad’s story was understandably relegated to the D-section alongside the obits of a theater producer and a union labor attorney.—
Griffin Dunne,
Vulture,
19 June 2026
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It’s relegated to a specific section of the ballpark, where groups can purchase tickets that usually come with a community-specific giveaway.—
Jon Root OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
19 June 2026
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To determine how many of those individuals were specifically detained or deported, ABC News matched records across both databases using unique identifiers such as the date of arrest, gender, country of citizenship, and birth year.—
Laura Romero,
ABC News,
12 June 2026
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Audriana had a particularly difficult time when her father was imprisoned and later deported to Italy.—
Jamie Ballard,
PEOPLE,
12 June 2026
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“Exiled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exiled. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.
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