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
He was detained by British authorities, imprisoned at the Atlit camp and exiled to Cyprus for nearly two years.
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Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 27 Jan. 2026
Directors, actors, writers and musicians have been jailed, exiled or silenced simply for telling their stories or advocating for freedom.
—Maryam Lieberman, HollywoodReporter, 23 Jan. 2026
For culture, pop into the National Museum of Napoleonic Residences to trace the French emperor’s time exiled on the island.
—Rebecca Ann Hughes, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
Jonathan Kuminga, the man exiled to the end of the bench for more than a month, erupted.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2026
Ultimately, Yu made the decision to leave the army, which left him feeling disoriented and exiled.
—Ernestine Siu, CNBC, 15 Jan. 2026
Iranian ethnic minorities exiled abroad are warning that efforts to overthrow the country’s theocratic Islamic regime will falter without swift international support, particularly from the United States.
—Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 15 Jan. 2026
There lives Victor Coste, a police officer who has exiled himself to the other side of the world.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 12 Jan. 2026
On Saturday, Reza Pahlavi, the son of the former shah who’s exiled in the US and positioning himself as an opposition leader, urged petroleum workers to strike.
—Paul Wallace, Fortune, 11 Jan. 2026
Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 27 Jan. 2026
Directors, actors, writers and musicians have been jailed, exiled or silenced simply for telling their stories or advocating for freedom.
—Maryam Lieberman, HollywoodReporter, 23 Jan. 2026
For culture, pop into the National Museum of Napoleonic Residences to trace the French emperor’s time exiled on the island.
—Rebecca Ann Hughes, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
Jonathan Kuminga, the man exiled to the end of the bench for more than a month, erupted.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2026
Ultimately, Yu made the decision to leave the army, which left him feeling disoriented and exiled.
—Ernestine Siu, CNBC, 15 Jan. 2026
Iranian ethnic minorities exiled abroad are warning that efforts to overthrow the country’s theocratic Islamic regime will falter without swift international support, particularly from the United States.
—Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 15 Jan. 2026
There lives Victor Coste, a police officer who has exiled himself to the other side of the world.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 12 Jan. 2026
On Saturday, Reza Pahlavi, the son of the former shah who’s exiled in the US and positioning himself as an opposition leader, urged petroleum workers to strike.
—Paul Wallace, Fortune, 11 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for exiled
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Vladimir Lenin in Russia, Ho Chi Minh in Vietnam, and Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in Iran all spent more than 15 years in exile before returning to lead revolutions that toppled the regimes that had banished them.—
Karim Sadjadpour,
The Atlantic,
10 Jan. 2026
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One of the most painful parts of this show remains seeing people who are so good at being on television banished from our screens.—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
9 Jan. 2026
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But others waiting appeared to burn with the indignation of an era in US-Cuban relations that until recently had been relegated to the history books.—
Patrick Oppmann,
CNN Money,
29 Jan. 2026
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Bear in mind, this was a time when most universities barred women entirely, or relegated them to a second tier education.—
Natalia Sánchez Loayza,
Scientific American,
29 Jan. 2026
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Each person captured stays about 47 days before they are deported, costing $7,065 per person.—
Susan-Elizabeth Littlefield,
CBS News,
13 Jan. 2026
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Trump also deported thousands of Cubans, and Rubio did not step in to save them.—
Dexter Filkins,
New Yorker,
12 Jan. 2026
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“Exiled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exiled. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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