exiled

past tense of exile

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Recent Examples of exiled Located in Jerusalem, al-Wasiti became, for years, the place to visit, empowering Palestinian artists exiled all over the world to return to a fountain of unity and belonging. Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 26 Aug. 2026 This thriller centers on disgraced or damaged agents of Britain’s MI6 intelligence service who have been exiled to a remote Greek island. Monitor Reviewers, Christian Science Monitor, 21 Aug. 2026 After British forces recaptured Delhi, much of the city was destroyed and the last Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar was exiled. Aishwarya Lakshmi, The Conversation, 18 Aug. 2026 The novel, reissued this fall, by McNally Editions, takes the form of a memoir by a German Jewish intellectual historian, exiled to New York. David Denby, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026 The Greek monarchy was abolished in 1973, and Crown Prince Pavlos’ parents, King Constantine II and Queen Anne-Marie, were exiled from the country, only returning in 2013. Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 5 Aug. 2026 Joe, a Geordie exiled to Yorkshire in search of work, regaled his son with stories of Jackie Milburn and the three FA Cup triumphs of the 1950s. James Pearce, New York Times, 22 July 2026 And last year’s constitutional reforms had already established a one-party system in a country where opposition leaders no longer exist, because they have been exiled. CNN Money, 21 July 2026 Cuba has recently exiled other prominent dissidents, most recently José Daniel Ferrer, who have been forced to abandon the island for the United States. Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 17 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for exiled
Verb
  • Their situation is nothing like that of Prince Andrew, for example, who was stripped of all his titles and has now been banished to Sandringham.
    Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Characters banished or murdered early in one version emerge victorious in another.
    Greg Evans, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • With the rise of activewear as a high-fashion option, black biker shorts are no longer relegated to yoga studios and barre classes.
    Kelsey Stiegman, Glamour, 19 Sep. 2026
  • That’s basically the role that Black women have been sort of relegated to — to be truth tellers.
    Kailyn Brown, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Separately, the administration deported an Afghan man to the Central African Republic despite a prior judicial protection order over fears his family could face Taliban retaliation.
    Adrian Elimian, semafor.com, 18 Sep. 2026
  • The group includes at least 113 former beneficiaries of Temporary Protected Status, who were deported mere days after being detained in the United States, according to Haitian government records.
    Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2026

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“Exiled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exiled. Accessed 21 Sep. 2026.

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