ostracisms

noun

plural of ostracism
1
as in exclusions
treatment that is deliberately exclusionary Teenagers may act against their better judgement to avoid social ostracism.

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as in exiles
the forced removal from a homeland His family celebrated his safe return after nearly a decade of political ostracism.

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  1. exclusions
  2. exiles
  3. displacements
Noun
  • In addition to these categorical exclusions, there is an annual exclusion amount which is currently $19,000 for calendar years 2025 and 2026 (inflation-adjusted thereafter).
    — Virginia La Torre Jeker, Forbes.com, 17 Jan. 2026
  • Of those requests, the agency granted 170,084 exclusions and denied 59,134, with 44,325 exclusion requests rejected or withdrawn during the process.
    — Zach Halaschak, The Washington Examiner, 26 Oct. 2025
Definition of exclusions
Noun
  • In his brutal eight-year reign, Amin was estimated by exiles and human rights groups to have caused the deaths of at least 300,000 people and expelled the country’s Asian population.
    — Andrew Fifield, New York Times, 30 July 2026
  • In hard years, Noe Terrebonne, the great-great-grandson of Acadian exiles, would do a bit of smuggling for Li Shan, the Chinese proprietor of a shrimp-drying platform on Bayou Andre, in the marsh north-west of Cheniere Disparue.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 July 2026
Definition of exiles
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  • Officials were still working to confirm the number of displacements and said they would be assisted with housing by the American Red Cross, according to Partridge.
    — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 10 July 2026
  • As the cost of quantifying and automating information falls toward zero, such wins and displacements will multiply faster and farther than most institutions can adapt.
    — Tim Bajarin, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
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