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Recent Examples of expulse
In this case, shed doesn’t mean put in the tool shed but rather release or expulse the live virus into your surroundings.
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Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 8 May 2021
To expulse the Russian team from the Pyeongchang Games?
—Rebecca R. Ruiz, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2018
Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 8 May 2021
To expulse the Russian team from the Pyeongchang Games?
—Rebecca R. Ruiz, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for expulse
Verb
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The legislation, for example, appears to eliminate a provision that would have required climate-friendly energy sources to begin construction within 60 days of the bill’s enactment to qualify for the credits, which was considered one of the most stringent energy conditions in the bill.—
Mychael Schnell,
The Hill,
18 June 2025
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Trump administration cancels contract with Moderna to develop a bird flu vaccine Other companies promise to eliminate artificial dyes Several major food and beverage companies have recently announced their plans to remove ingredients in the wake of the April HHS announcement.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
18 June 2025
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Corey Perry: An obvious fit for any team looking to go deep in the playoffs, Perry somehow still hasn’t run out of gas at age 40.—
Jonas Siegel,
New York Times,
17 June 2025
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Add in your kids asking to watch videos on your phone to pass time in lines for characters and attractions, and your phone battery will quickly run out.—
Terri Peters,
Parents,
16 June 2025
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The $1 smoothies are limited to one per person and can’t be combined with other offers, the juice bar said. Drive-thru and kiosk locations are excluded.—
Tanasia Kenney,
Sacbee.com,
20 June 2025
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Identical sales, excluding fuel, rose 3.2% compared to the year-ago period, with growth coming from pharmacy, e-commerce and fresh groceries.—
Melissa Repko,
CNBC,
20 June 2025
Verb
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Land Power vividly shows the lasting consequences of this redistribution of land, for instance in the case of the Cahuilla Indians of California’s Coachella Valley, a people first confined to reservations and then evicted from even those lands in the 1950s.—
Michael Albertus,
Foreign Affairs,
24 June 2025
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Months or even years can pass before the owner of the property finally succeeds in evicting the squatters.—
Chris West,
Baltimore Sun,
12 June 2025
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The group of rats that was fed a diet supplemented with chitosan expelled more MPs that any of the other groups.—
Suwanna Gauntlett Upjohn,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2025
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Schools can no longer expel students for chronic absences alone; supportive interventions are required.—
Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 June 2025
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Cunningham was assessed a flagrant 2 and ejected for the initial foul, and Sheldon and Allen were ejected for fighting.—
Emily Adams,
Hartford Courant,
18 June 2025
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The sides were warned that another hit batter could result in an ejection, and Dodgers manager Dave Roberts was ejected.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 June 2025
Verb
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Lower down the ballot, in a sweeping show of dissatisfaction, voters cast out more than two dozen Democratic state lawmakers.—
David Mark,
The Washington Examiner,
13 June 2025
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Meyer captured the ancient light cast out by the Lagoon and Trifid Nebula over 34 hours in May 2025, while observing under the near-pristine dark skies of Arizona, a little north of Ash Fork.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
13 June 2025
Verb
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Brad Pitt stars as Sonny Hayes, a once-promising driver who is recruited to help his friend and former driver, Ruben Cervantes (Javier Bardem), who is in danger of being ousted by the board of his racing team.—
Maureen Lee Lenker Published,
EW.com,
26 June 2025
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Public discontent In June, the Netanyahu coalition government narrowly survived a no-confidence vote that would have dissolved parliament and effectively ousted him from the premiership.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
26 June 2025
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“Expulse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expulse. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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