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expulsed

verb

past tense of expulse
as in excluded

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for expulsed
  1. excluded
  2. eliminated
  3. ejected
  4. expelled
  5. evicted
  6. kicked out
  7. dismissed
  8. exiled
Verb
  • The Oscars also excluded the actor from its own In Memoriam segment in March.
    — Zack Sharf, Variety, 16 Sep. 2026
  • The appeal argues that determination is not supported by substantial evidence and that the city improperly excluded demolition of Red Rest from historical resource impact analysis.
    — Ashley Mackin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of excluded
Verb
  • However, Heidi was eliminated during week 8 of the competition, while Charli and Mark won the series.
    — Francesca Gariano, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Viewer votes will be combined with judges’ scores to determine the pairs that will be eliminated and those that will continue on to next week’s show.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of eliminated
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
Definition of ejected
Verb
  • 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
Definition of expelled
Verb
  • The pair have just been evicted from their apartment, coming home from church to find all of their worldly possessions on the stairs.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Teeny, along with several other animals, was surrendered to the Arizona Humane Society after their own was sadly evicted from their residence.
    — Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of evicted
Verb
  • But calls for Israel to be kicked out have swelled over the conduct of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government in the Hamas-Israel war in Gaza.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026
  • As Unifrance Rendez-Vous kicked out yesterday and with its sales team attending, MIAM!
    — Kevin Giraud, Variety, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of kicked out
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
Definition of dismissed
Verb
  • Located in Jerusalem, al-Wasiti became, for years, the place to visit, empowering Palestinian artists exiled all over the world to return to a fountain of unity and belonging.
    — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 26 Aug. 2026
  • This thriller centers on disgraced or damaged agents of Britain’s MI6 intelligence service who have been exiled to a remote Greek island.
    — Monitor reviewers, Christian Science Monitor, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of exiled
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