ostracisms

noun

plural of ostracism
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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Of those requests, the agency granted 170,084 exclusions and denied 59,134, with 44,325 exclusion requests rejected or withdrawn during the process.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
  • Producers Arya Ibrahim and Gita Fara describe the project as a story of the political upheaval of 1965, which tore families apart and left people who lost their citizenship living as exiles.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026
  • The organization documented that ICE had detained least eight Nicaraguan exiles who were stripped of their citizenship in a move observers say was intended to punish critics, the report said.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of exiles
Noun
  • For two different transitions, the researchers measured displacements of about 240 ± 16 nanometers and 463 ± 20 nanometers, closely matching their theoretical predictions of roughly 232 and 464 nanometers.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2026
  • 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
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