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as in exclusion
treatment that is deliberately exclusionary
Teenagers may act against their better judgement to avoid social ostracism.
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as in exile
the forced removal from a homeland
His family celebrated his safe return after nearly a decade of political ostracism.
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Recent Examples of ostracism
Bans, booing and ostracism The labeling of Israel as a pariah state internationally does not seem to bother the government.
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Asher Kaufman, The Conversation, 23 Aug. 2025
Columbia’s own antisemitism task force found last summer that Jewish students had faced verbal abuse, ostracism and classroom humiliation during the spring 2024 demonstrations.
—Chris Morris, Fortune, 24 July 2025
The resulting one-sided discourse means that views that don’t align with official propaganda often draw harassment and ostracism.
—Stephanie Yang, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2025
Yet men scarcely use them (often for fear of ostracism) while women do—resulting in their careers being disrupted while men maintain traction to advance faster and further.
—Susan Rietano Davey, Hartford Courant, 30 May 2025
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Asher Kaufman, The Conversation, 23 Aug. 2025
Columbia’s own antisemitism task force found last summer that Jewish students had faced verbal abuse, ostracism and classroom humiliation during the spring 2024 demonstrations.
—Chris Morris, Fortune, 24 July 2025
The resulting one-sided discourse means that views that don’t align with official propaganda often draw harassment and ostracism.
—Stephanie Yang, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2025
Yet men scarcely use them (often for fear of ostracism) while women do—resulting in their careers being disrupted while men maintain traction to advance faster and further.
—Susan Rietano Davey, Hartford Courant, 30 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ostracism
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Bridges could be in a Bucks deal if this gets revisited before the February trade deadline, but his exclusion this time around all but guaranteed this was going nowhere.—
Sam Amick,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
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Those who do not wish to be included in the settlement must submit their exclusion request by October 28, 2025.—
Lauren Giella,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
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Former diplomat Edmundo González, who Machado went on to back, was widely regarded as having won the election, but was forced to seek political exile in Spain.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
10 Oct. 2025
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Its members would seek amnesty or leave Gaza for exile abroad.—
Aaron Boxerman,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
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Still, the San Leandro City Council is exploring the establishment of a Residential Rent Stabilization Ordinance, which officials said could impact more than 7,600 rental housing units in the city to prevent excessive rent increases and necessary displacement, Liao said.—
Chase Hunter,
Mercury News,
13 Oct. 2025
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The National Museum of the American Indian recalls how Indigenous peoples suffered theft, loss of their homelands, enslavement, death, forced displacement and disrupted cultural traditions due to European settlement.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
Freep.com,
12 Oct. 2025
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Advertisement For that reason, collegiate sanctions for mild acts of civil disobedience may sometimes be relatively light—probation or a formal warning, for example, rather than suspension or expulsion.—
Christopher L. Eisgruber,
Time,
9 Oct. 2025
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Neogy left not during Amin’s Asian expulsion but earlier, after running afoul of the preceding regime, President Milton Obote’s.—
Kelefa Sanneh,
New Yorker,
6 Oct. 2025
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Not since the ominous days of the blacklist in the ‘40s and ‘50s have entertainers faced the threat of permanent career banishment.—
Peter Bart,
Deadline,
25 Sep. 2025
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Penalties can include ejection, banishment from NFL games and events, and legal action.—
Skyler Caruso,
People.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Ostracism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ostracism. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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