ouster

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Recent Examples of ouster Democrats press Hegseth over reasons for war Wednesday’s hearing stretched nearly six hours as Democrats and some Republicans questioned Hegseth over the war and his ouster of several top military leaders. Ben Finley, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026 Hours after the president and first lady called for Jimmy Kimmel’s ouster, the late-night host defended the joke that sparked their ire in the wake of an assassination attempt at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner. Dennis Romero, NBC news, 28 Apr. 2026 Musk is also seeking Altman's ouster as a director of OpenAI's nonprofit board, and removal of both Altman and Brockman as officers of the for-profit company. John Ruwitch, NPR, 28 Apr. 2026 The brief, failed ouster of Altman in 2023 almost collapsed the ChatGPT maker, with investors pressing the board to bring back Altman and employees pledging to quit en masse if the CEO wasn’t reinstated. Bloomberg, Mercury News, 27 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for ouster
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Noun
  • Sewage ejection sumps are future headaches, in my opinion.
    Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 9 May 2026
  • Valdez surrendered 10 runs, seven of them earned, before his ejection.
    Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 6 May 2026
Noun
  • Most fans understand that the need for more professional-caliber resources wasn’t going to be met under Mohegan Tribe ownership, but there is deep frustration over the Sun’s relocation out of New England.
    Emily Adams, Hartford Courant, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Officials initially concluded that the relocation did not warrant strict controls.
    Dewardric L. McNeal, CNBC, 28 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Some are backing away from exclusionary discipline like suspensions and expulsions and have embraced schoolwide approaches that reward positive behavior and provide social skills practice through games and role-playing.
    Stacker, Hartford Courant, 9 May 2026
  • An important function of the County Board of Education is to serve as an appellate body for redistricting and expulsion petitions.
    Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
Noun
  • Thiswas a good first step to identifying areas needing improvement and ensuring accountability onrefugee resettlement and immigration in Idaho.
    Rose Evans May 6, Idaho Statesman, 6 May 2026
  • We also are deeply troubled by the cancellation of the $11 million grant to Catholic Charities of Miami, which played a very important part with the resettlement of Syrian and Afghan refugees in Miami and elsewhere.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 29 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The appeals court ruled in September 2025 that Mid Vermont Christian must be allowed to participate in state athletics, after two years of banishment had passed.
    Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Like there was a demon in his lungs, fighting the last bit of banishment.
    Courtney Crowder, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • They are expected to face an extradition hearing on Monday before being transferred back to North Carolina to face charges.
    Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 9 May 2026
  • Authorities said Thorsen was arrested in Germany in summer 2025 and flown back to Atlanta on May 7 under an extradition order.
    Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 9 May 2026
Noun
  • McCrorey Heights displacement Ivory doesn’t remember what happened when her mom received the letter from the state highway commission.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 11 May 2026
  • Roseberry’s work privileges spectacle—volume, gold, anatomical exaggeration—where Schiaparelli’s shock lay in wit and displacement.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 May 2026
Noun
  • There’s nothing inherently antisemitic about protesting over the dispossession of Palestinians, and the attacks on Palestinians in the West Bank by settlers, which appear to be sanctioned by the Israeli government.
    Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 7 May 2026
  • Martel explores the killing not as an isolated event in her country’s recent past but as part of a long history of dispossession.
    Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2026

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“Ouster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ouster. Accessed 12 May. 2026.

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