expelled

past tense of expel
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as in exhaled
to let or force out of the lungs asked the patient to expel a deep breath

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Recent Examples of expelled Pierce said any member found responsible for criminal conduct would be expelled and that AEPi would support prosecution. — Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 25 Sep. 2026 Her most pressing fear was being expelled by her Thai landlord. — Andrew Nachemson, The Dial, 22 Sep. 2026 The school board voted unanimously to allow the students to withdraw rather than be expelled from the school. — Darius Johnson, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2026 Washington’s bets include $414 million in financing for a uranium project in Niger — a country that expelled all US forces two years ago — and hundreds of millions for digital infrastructure providers. — Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 18 Sep. 2026 And even if Zhang and Liu are expelled from the party, purging remains the exception rather than the norm, as has been the party’s long-standing practice. — Andrew Mertha, Foreign Affairs, 17 Sep. 2026 Last season ended when the club was expelled from the EFL Championship playoffs, where teams earn promotion to the Premier League, after being found guilty of spying on opponents. — Kels Dayton, Hartford Courant, 15 Sep. 2026 In fact, Israel built its future wagering that the Palestinians violently displaced and expelled in the Nakba would eventually move on, assimilate, forget the depravity that ripped them from their land. — Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026 He was expelled from Prairie View A&M University in 1971 after protesting against the expulsion of the editor of the student newspaper. — Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for expelled
Verb
  • Stephens drew even more ire for celebrating on the field and then smiling on the bench — and for returning to the Trojans' sideline in the second half after being ejected.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026
  • Thankfully, the emergency abort escape system ejected their Soyuz space capsule from the top of the rocket just two seconds before the fire caused the explosion.
    — Tariq Malik, Space.com, 26 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Joyful noise and other, impolite sounds radiated from the sets oscillating between the two sites.
    — Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Feliciano and Jones radiated energy and exuberance throughout their first press conference as the principal owners of the Padres.
    — Dennis Lin, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Starship tipped over and erupted in flames upon splashdown, a dramatic end to the mission.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Mayor Garrett Gatewood erupted with cheers at the City Council meeting where the project was first introduced.
    — Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 28 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • No one exhaled until the cargo was unloaded, unswaddled, and confirmed to be in one piece.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Still, no one exhaled when production finally moved to a water tank at Universal Studios in Los Angeles.
    — Lily Brown, PEOPLE, 16 July 2026
Verb
  • In exchange, prosecutors dismissed two counts of domestic violence in the presence of a child and obstruction of justice, per KSL.
    — Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Kennedy last year dismissed the committee and replaced it with a group that included several anti-vaccine voices.
    — Mike Stobbe, Chicago Tribune, 25 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The leadership of the Board of Regents is also cast in an unforgiving light.
    — Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Plot and casting details remain under wraps, but the project is co-written with Fatrick Tabada (Flower Girl), marking Jadaone’s return to the genre that helped establish her as a local favorite nearly a decade after Love You To The Stars And Back.
    — Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 26 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Now, after King Charles stripped her and Andrew of the titles of Duke and Duchess of York and banished them from Royal Lodge, Fergie is reportedly seeking a face-to-face meeting with Charles.
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 21 Sep. 2026
  • In this charming graphic novel, the mischievous Norse god Loki gets banished to mid-Guard—AKA Earth—as punishment and must adjust to a month of life as an 11-year-old boy and document his journey in a journal.
    — Kavya Dhillon, Parents, 19 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Viz Media and Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions (ShoPro) released the material.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Porsche is best known for its traditional sports cars like the 911, but the automaker has released several longroofs over the years, including, over the last decade, variants of the Panamera and Taycan.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 28 Sep. 2026

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“Expelled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expelled. Accessed 29 Sep. 2026.

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