OUSTER Synonyms: 49 Similar and Opposite Words

ouster

noun

Definition of ouster

as in ejection

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Recent Examples of ouster In his first public comments following his ouster, Clark accused ESPN of intentionally leaking the news to OutKick. — Mark Harris Outkick, FOXNews.com, 26 July 2026 Khan’s lawyers criticized the process leading to his ouster, complaining that he was blocked from addressing the session Friday and arguing the regulations had been rewritten to disadvantage him. — ABC News, 25 July 2026 In the days following Maduro’s ouster, the UK’s then-Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper said the UK still did not recognize the Venezuelan government. — German Padinger, CNN Money, 24 July 2026 Jackson County Legislator Manny Abarca was removed as chair last week in a surprise ouster, with seven of eight legislators present voting to strip him of the county leadership role. — Ilana Arougheti july 21, Kansas City Star, 21 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for ouster

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Noun

The Swiss played a good chunk of the match with 10 men after review changed a yellow card on an Argentine player into a second yellow card (and an ejection) for one of their own.

— Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 13 July 2026
Giants manager Tony Vitello came out to argue the call and was ejected by plate umpire Lance Barksdale, the second ejection this season for the first-year skipper.

— ABC News, ABC News, 11 July 2026

Definition of ejection

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The current property owner has publicly stated that relocation assistance would be made available to eligible tenants if the plan is approved.

— Emily McLeod, CBS News, 7 Aug. 2026
If the administration won’t act, Congress can protect those in the United States with the bipartisan Afghanistan TPS Act and restart the relocation through the Enduring Welcome Act.

— Shawn VanDiver, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of relocation

Noun

Those minors now make up a large part of the 3,000-5,000 migrants who have avoided expulsion from Ceuta of the original 60,000 who came across.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026
Employees who break the policy can be fired, the school’s handbook states, and students face punishment, possibly expulsion.

— Devna Bose, Charlotte Observer, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of expulsion

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People have sold personal belongings, like their cars, to afford services that turn out to be bogus, said Christopher Ross, who oversees migration and refugee resettlement services at Catholic Charities USA.

— Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2026
And various other humanitarian programs like refugee resettlement and visas have been limited or paused.

— Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 30 July 2026

Definition of resettlement

Noun

The self-banishment of UEFA sides would raise the prospect of greater diversity, with Europe having won six of the past eight tournaments and accounting for most of the teams in the competition’s latter stages.

— Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026
Violations give the commissioner broad authority to impose severe penalties, ranging from fines and suspensions to permanent banishment in order to protect the integrity of the league.

— Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 31 July 2026

Definition of banishment

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Efficiency expands access while increasing the number of settings in which consequential mistakes, surveillance and labor displacement can occur.

— Gerui Wang, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Her campaign has emphasized protecting working-class residents from displacement while resisting what progressives describe as an increasingly corporate approach to city government.

— Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of displacement

Noun

The act of writing is a pathway to my restoration, a journey to heal from generations of dispossession.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 July 2026
That pattern has held since the Revolutionary War, from the Navajo Code Talkers of World War II to today’s active-duty ranks, even as Native nations endured broken treaties, dispossession and federal violence at the hands of the government.

— Kerri J. Malloy, The Conversation, 9 July 2026

Definition of dispossession

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