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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
Marta Balaga, Variety, 20 May 2025
Odsal Stadium, Bradford Northern rugby league club’s historic base and where City played 21 ‘home’ league matches in exile, had been touted as a new start after the fire.
—Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 10 May 2025
Zac Ntim, Deadline, 16 Apr. 2025
With Waltz exiled to New York, Rubio must keep striving to keep Trump and the U.S. government true to friends like Ukraine and wary of deals with Putin.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 2 May 2025
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Noun
He’s forced to postpone his wedding due to the death of his relatives in Gaza – embodying the suffering of an entire generation that has grown up in exile over the decades and within Palestinian refugee camps.
—Marta Balaga, Variety, 20 May 2025
Odsal Stadium, Bradford Northern rugby league club’s historic base and where City played 21 ‘home’ league matches in exile, had been touted as a new start after the fire.
—Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 10 May 2025
Verb
Based on the famed Brothers Grimm tale, the story follows a princess who is rescued by seven dwarf miners who make Snow White part of their household after she’s exiled into a dangerous forest by her wicked stepmother.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 16 Apr. 2025
With Waltz exiled to New York, Rubio must keep striving to keep Trump and the U.S. government true to friends like Ukraine and wary of deals with Putin.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 2 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exile
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After a few days of processing what had just happened, between the momentous assassination and his own expulsion, his mother drove him to the board of education headquarters on High Street.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
21 May 2025
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South Carolina Republican Nancy Mace introduced a resolution in the House of Representatives on Wednesday seeking the expulsion of New Jersey Democrat LaMonica McIver.—
Dan Gooding
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 May 2025
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Erdogan said a committee had been formed to work out what to do with the prisoners, particularly women and children held at refugee camps such as Al-Hol in northern Syria.—
Andrew Wilks,
Los Angeles Times,
22 May 2025
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This story has been updated to reflect the shooting incident occurred near the Jenin refugee camp, not within the camp.—
Catherine Nicholls,
CNN Money,
22 May 2025
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Their preferred solution to informational complexity—that certain ideas and the people associated with them were Bad and Wrong and needed to be banished from the public sphere—wasn’t much better.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
28 May 2025
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Through his tight leadership that began with the fifth season, delays became a thing of the past, unceremoniously banished to the farthest reaches of the Central Finite Curve.—
Josh Weiss,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
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On May 21, a federal judge in Boston ruled the administration violated a court order preventing deportation of migrants to countries not their own without adequate time to challenge the move.—
Zac Anderson,
USA Today,
23 May 2025
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The Supreme Court earlier in May barred the administration from quickly resuming deportations of Venezuelans under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798.—
Khaleda Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 May 2025
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The subtle hum of intricate mechanics, the remarkably articulate gesture of a synthetic limb, the disquieting echo of human movement – humanoid robots are no longer relegated to the realm of fiction.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2025
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By 2022, invasion rhetoric, which had previously been relegated to white nationalist circles, had become such a staple of Republican campaign ads that most of the public agreed an invasion of the U.S. via the southern border was underway.—
Molly Redden,
ProPublica,
23 May 2025
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Graham pointed to what Ukrainian officials and Yale researchers estimate are nearly 20,000 children forcibly deported to Russia -- calling their return a matter of justice, not diplomacy.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
2 June 2025
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Columnist Steve Lopez asks: If people taking care of our elders get deported, will anyone take their place?—
Kevinisha Walker,
Los Angeles Times,
2 June 2025
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The victim, who suffered a laceration, was transported by EMS to Lincoln Hospital, where he was listed in stable condition.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
30 May 2025
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McArthur Mathis was transported to The Cross Creek Psychiatric and Addiction Hospital on Wednesday after being in custody in Grimes County since he was arrested Jan. 2 on multiple warrants.—
Christina Shaw,
FOXNews.com,
30 May 2025
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“Exile.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exile. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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