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
The protesters included secular left-wingers and nationalists as well as Islamists, but Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, a fundamentalist cleric at that time exiled in France, emerged as the movement's undisputed figurehead.
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The Week Uk, TheWeek, 8 Mar. 2026
Most of them have been jailed or exiled or arrested or even killed.
—ABC News, 8 Mar. 2026
In its early days, the UFC was so violent, with almost no rules, that it was effectively exiled to pay-per-view.
—Luke Burbank, CBS News, 1 Mar. 2026
Castro exiled a large homosexual community during the boatlift and many have concentrated on this block.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2026
Tulsa King centers around mobster Dwight Manfredi (Sylvester Stallone), who, after serving hard time in New York, is sent (or rather exiled) to Oklahoma.
—Uwa Ede-Osifo, Dallas Morning News, 25 Feb. 2026
After being exiled from the property, Andrew moved to the Sandringham estate in Norfolk, specifically Wood Farm—but Sarah has been MIA.
—Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 19 Feb. 2026
When Mary won’t give up the baby, she’s disowned by patriarch Whitelaw (Ed Harris) and exiled to New Jersey from her family’s palatial Long Island estate.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 18 Feb. 2026
Advertisement But pro-democracy figures have argued that local governance has grown increasingly aligned with the mainland as political dissidents have either been jailed or exiled, organizations have disbanded, and a free press dismantled.
—Chad De Guzman, Time, 10 Feb. 2026
The Week Uk, TheWeek, 8 Mar. 2026
Most of them have been jailed or exiled or arrested or even killed.
—ABC News, 8 Mar. 2026
In its early days, the UFC was so violent, with almost no rules, that it was effectively exiled to pay-per-view.
—Luke Burbank, CBS News, 1 Mar. 2026
Castro exiled a large homosexual community during the boatlift and many have concentrated on this block.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2026
Tulsa King centers around mobster Dwight Manfredi (Sylvester Stallone), who, after serving hard time in New York, is sent (or rather exiled) to Oklahoma.
—Uwa Ede-Osifo, Dallas Morning News, 25 Feb. 2026
After being exiled from the property, Andrew moved to the Sandringham estate in Norfolk, specifically Wood Farm—but Sarah has been MIA.
—Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 19 Feb. 2026
When Mary won’t give up the baby, she’s disowned by patriarch Whitelaw (Ed Harris) and exiled to New Jersey from her family’s palatial Long Island estate.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 18 Feb. 2026
Advertisement But pro-democracy figures have argued that local governance has grown increasingly aligned with the mainland as political dissidents have either been jailed or exiled, organizations have disbanded, and a free press dismantled.
—Chad De Guzman, Time, 10 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for exiled
Verb
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Woody Brown, a nonverbal author himself, highlights stories that are too often banished to the margins.—
Hamilton Cain,
Time,
3 Mar. 2026
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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor—formerly Prince Andrew—was banished from all aspects of royal life, including losing all of his royal titles and privileges, last October in a decision made by King Charles.—
Rachel Burchfield,
InStyle,
27 Feb. 2026
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With not a lot of airtime to transition her protagonist from reasonable to out of touch with reality, Jonas relegated much of her character’s contemplative qualities to the asides and exaggerated her more base characteristics by adding in some reckless behavior.—
Elaina Patton,
IndieWire,
6 Mar. 2026
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In the Jim Crow South of the 1940s and 50s, Austin’s Black citizens were relegated east of Interstate 35.—
Cedric Golden,
Austin American Statesman,
5 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The camp is intended for short-term stays before detainees are transferred or deported.—
Morgan Lee,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Mar. 2026
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The fear intensified last week after a Bay Area family said a 6-year-old deaf child who attended a Fremont school was detained by immigration authorities and deported along with his mother and younger brother during what was supposed to be a routine check-in visit at an ICE office in San Francisco.—
Ethan Varian,
Mercury News,
8 Mar. 2026
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