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
  • Montana captain Peyton Wing was ejected for targeting following a hit on Atkinson early in the second quarter.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 20 Sep. 2026
  • One passenger was fully ejected from the bus and another was partially ejected, police said.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 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
  • Newsom, a likely 2028 presidential candidate, is very much aware of the harsh backlash to a potential settlement that erupted among Congressional Democrats, A-listers like Mark Ruffalo and others as deal talks accelerated.
    — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Saturday’s unrest came a year after rioting erupted around a right-wing demonstration.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 19 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 California, a federal judge this month dismissed the administration’s challenge to school sports policies allowing transgender athletes to compete on teams matching their gender identity.
    — Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Netanyahu dismissed the allegations, and is suing Levi and several other Israelis who have made similar charges.
    — Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Voters in a few other states, including Minnesota and South Dakota, can cast absentee ballots in person, typically at a local election office or voting center.
    — ALI SWENSON, Arkansas Online, 19 Sep. 2026
  • As Nazareth’s pep band rang in the victory, parents offered the Celtics words of comfort, pausing only to cast glares in the direction of administrators.
    — Lila Hempel-Edgers, Chicago Tribune, 19 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
  • Democrats hold just a five-percentage-point lead over Republicans about a month and a half out from the 2026 midterm elections, according to a new NBC News poll that was released on Sunday.
    — Carter Schroppe, The Washington Examiner, 21 Sep. 2026
  • On New Year’s Eve, Lindsay checked herself into McLean Psychiatric Hospital, where she was treated for depression, and days later released seventeen days before the murder.
    — Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 21 Sep. 2026

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“Expelled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expelled. Accessed 26 Sep. 2026.

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