as in dismissed
to drive or force out
kicked out of the game for using bad language
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Recent Examples of kicked out
Though the topic didn’t come up during Friday afternoon’s press conference, the director recently made headlines because he and his writing partner Don McKellar were kicked out of the Writers Guild of America for violating union rules that forbade working during the union’s 2023 strike.
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Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 29 Aug. 2025
We’ve been kicked out of Europe a couple of times.
—Pat Blashill, Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 2025
Punk nearly got pinned for a three-count, but kicked out just in time to avoid falling victim to the attack.
—Matthew Couden, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
Islanders were dumped from the island by their fellow contestants or through fan votes at various points and in two islanders' cases they were kicked out after their past racial comments surfaced.
—Christopher Kuhagen, jsonline.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Trump disavowed Spencer’s movement soon after winning the presidency in 2016; the next year, Spencer was kicked out of CPAC.
—Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 26 Aug. 2025
After some inconsistent play, Cornelius was kicked out of a practice for fighting.
—Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Aug. 2025
After decades of success and a GRAMMY win, Hinds left the group this year, at first announcing the split in a cordial joint statement, but later claiming he was kicked out and blasting his former bandmates.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2025
Packers right tackle Zach Tom was the player who got kicked out of practice after throwing punches at Seahawks linebacker Ernest Jones IV and cornerback Devon Witherspoon.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 29 Aug. 2025
We’ve been kicked out of Europe a couple of times.
—Pat Blashill, Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 2025
Punk nearly got pinned for a three-count, but kicked out just in time to avoid falling victim to the attack.
—Matthew Couden, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
Islanders were dumped from the island by their fellow contestants or through fan votes at various points and in two islanders' cases they were kicked out after their past racial comments surfaced.
—Christopher Kuhagen, jsonline.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Trump disavowed Spencer’s movement soon after winning the presidency in 2016; the next year, Spencer was kicked out of CPAC.
—Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 26 Aug. 2025
After some inconsistent play, Cornelius was kicked out of a practice for fighting.
—Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Aug. 2025
After decades of success and a GRAMMY win, Hinds left the group this year, at first announcing the split in a cordial joint statement, but later claiming he was kicked out and blasting his former bandmates.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2025
Packers right tackle Zach Tom was the player who got kicked out of practice after throwing punches at Seahawks linebacker Ernest Jones IV and cornerback Devon Witherspoon.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for kicked out
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Internal records from the school show Brenton acknowledged hazing occurred, but dismissed it as normal.—
Hannah Dreyfus,
AZCentral.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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In April 2023, Kendra pleaded guilty to two stalking counts (in exchange for her plea, the other charges against her were dismissed).—
Monica Mercuri,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
Verb
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But perhaps records of the first chemical steps towards life were ejected into space and then fell onto the Moon, says Sephton.—
Bruce Dorminey,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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Four passengers in the Mustang were ejected, and the driver was thrown into another seat, according to Ells.—
Rey Covarrubias Jr,
AZCentral.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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For decades, scientists have chased a mystery about how proteins’ building blocks first hooked up with RNA, the molecule carrying life’s code.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Aug. 2025
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The industry trend has chased ever larger models on ever larger GPU farms.—
Ron Schmelzer,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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In the past year alone, Bennett was in Superman and was outed as the most popular guy at SNL, and Mooney directed A24’s Y2K and toured a new album of original music.—
Rebecca Alter,
Vulture,
27 Aug. 2025
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This being classified information, he's outed as a collaborator and arrested.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
22 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Extensive control measures, directed against the rats as well as their fleas, have essentially banished the plague from Europe, but there are still many regions of the world where the disease occurs.—
Matthew Binnicker,
Forbes.com,
22 Aug. 2025
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The Giants would love to be able to rely on right-hander Hayden Birdsong, who dominated in a relief role to start the season and showed early promise in the rotation before control and confidence issues banished him back to Triple-A Sacramento in late July.—
Andrew Baggarly,
New York Times,
21 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Modern anti-Semitism was born of this tragedy; in the name of the nation, the Jews were cast out of the state.—
Daniel May,
Harpers Magazine,
20 Aug. 2025
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The boxer was nearly cast out of the country months ago.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
19 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The Kinnisons and friends of the family were impressed with how the event turned out.—
Keenan Thompson,
Freep.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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Bright, reflective patches on the surface turned out to be salt deposits left by briny liquid that once seeped upward.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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After the loss to Martins, Makhachev ran off 10 straight wins.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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The teens ran off but two of them were soon apprehended by police — with a third suspect still being sought, police sources said.—
Kerry Burke,
New York Daily News,
21 Aug. 2025
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“Kicked out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kicked%20out. Accessed 6 Sep. 2025.
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