ouster

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Recent Examples of ouster The fallout of the Boston Celtics’ first-round ouster at the hands of the Philadelphia 76ers stood as a prime example. Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 9 May 2026 On Friday, Makary was privately dismissing the reports of his imminent ouster as false, those people said. Sarah Owermohle, CNN Money, 8 May 2026 All the men were accused of plotting in South Florida and hiring a squad of former Colombian soldiers to violently overthrow Haiti’s president in a coup scheme that turned from his ouster to his assassination a couple of weeks before his death. Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 8 May 2026 Although injuries played a role in Orlando’s disappointing season and Mosley’s ouster, major issues persisted on both ends of the floor regardless of available personnel. Jason Beede, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for ouster
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ouster
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
  • After a one-block relocation in the early 1970s, the Delgadillo barber shop has evolved into a gift shop and museum (with barber chair) and a must-see stop for Route 66 enthusiasts.
    Jasmine Desiree, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026
  • However, when there is a potential risk to public safety, and to the safety of the animal itself, relocation may be necessary.
    Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 12 May 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
  • Many see Jordan as a way station to permanent resettlement in Canada, the United States, or Europe, where the economic opportunities are better.
    Annie Hylton, New Yorker, 14 May 2026
  • According to statistics cited in a recent federal appeals court ruling, more than 128,000 individuals had been conditionally approved for refugee status when the resettlement program was halted.
    Dan Barry, New York Times, 12 May 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 15 May. 2026.

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