ousted

verb

past tense of oust
1
as in dismissed
to drive or force out she was ousted from her job after it was proven she'd been pilfering company supplies

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2
as in deposed
to remove from a position of prominence or power (as a throne) the people finally rose up and ousted the corrupt dictator

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3
as in evicted
to end the occupancy or possession of the squatters were forcibly ousted from the abandoned building

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Recent Examples of ousted The brief meeting offers a rare glimpse of Suu Kyi, whose location and condition have been largely hidden since the military ousted her in 2021. — Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026 Holland was ousted in 2020, when Sarandos combined English-language and international content under Bajaria (elevating the latter to the largest autonomous content job in the streamer’s history). — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026 He was ousted from his role in 2017 after he was quoted in a New Yorker story criticizing other members of the administration. — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2026 And yesterday, Netflix ousted its longtime content head Bela Bajaria. — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026 Assad was ousted from power when gunmen opposed to him marched to Damascus in December 2024, ending the five-decade rule of the Assad family. — ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026 Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ousted George in April, as the Iran war was underway. — James Laporta, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026 His fortunes changed after Maduro was ousted from power in January. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 12 Oct. 2026 Taking the Long Way, more than anger or defiance, zeroes in on the sting of being ousted from your own home. — Shaad D’souza, Pitchfork, 11 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ousted
  1. dismissed
  2. deposed
  3. evicted
  4. ejected
  5. sacked
  6. deprived
  7. outed
  8. toppled
Verb
  • Williams argued that without a viable federal copyright claim, Hugo’s state-law claims involving breach of fiduciary duty and an incomplete accounting should also be dismissed, leaving him free to pursue those claims separately in state court.
    — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Last weekend in Highland, Michigan, Rogers dismissed El-Sayed's attempts to whittle away at his GOP base of support.
    — Aaron Navarro, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
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  • The Turkish government was deposed in a military coup in 1980, and in the aftermath, the CHP (along with every other party) was banned from politics.
    — Nick TaborAll, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Paxton wasn't a defendant in the suit, but as the company's former attorney, he was deposed in 2019 and in 2022.
    — Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of deposed
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  • In Spain, housing protests began in September after an 87-year-old woman, Maricarmen Abascal, was evicted following a 230% rent increase by an investment fund.
    — Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The land the tribe inhabited before being evicted is now divided among ranchers, government agencies and a conservation nonprofit.
    — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026
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  • Both occupants were ejected from the vehicle onto the road, according to the crash log.
    — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Then, safety Zechariah Poyser was ejected for targeting on FSU quarterback Ashton Daniels.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2026
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  • Craig overcame being sacked four times and the run game producing just 33 yards to lead TCU to the massive victory, as the Horned Frogs scored multiple touchdowns against a Power Four conference opponent for the first time this season.
    — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Much worse, the Commanders were in field goal range, and they somehow got sacked.
    — David Troy OutKick, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2026
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  • Disqualifying both lists would have deprived the vast majority of Palestinian voters of their preferred political representation.
    — Tamir Sorek, The Conversation, 20 Oct. 2026
  • But the strain extends across the Global South, where developing nations struggle with a prolonged energy crisis that disproportionately squeezes the planet’s most deprived.
    — Charlie Campbell, Time, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of deprived
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  • Co-owner John Mara is battling cancer, and co-owner Steve Tisch is laying low after being outed in the Epstein Files.
    — Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Photoplay’s feature Hollywood’s Unmarried Husbands and Wives outed several of the era’s most bankable couples—Clark Gable and Carole Lombard among them—for the crime of cohabitating without paperwork.
    — Natalie Hoberman, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
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  • The wind toppled some trees and sent signs flying and garbage cans rolling down streets.
    — Rob Gillies, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Then, SpaceX’s June offering toppled that statistic, raising more than $85 billion (registration required), including the greenshoe, underscoring the scale of investor demand.
    — Jeff Jacobs, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026
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