OUSTER Synonyms: 49 Similar and Opposite Words

ouster

noun

Definition of ouster

as in ejection

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Recent Examples of ouster But online reaction to the collections was increasingly negative, with open speculation about Viard’s ouster putting Bruno Pavlovsky, president of fashion at Chanel, on the back foot. — Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 3 Oct. 2026 The announcement follows the ouster or forced retirement of more than two dozen military leaders; some senators warn the cuts amount to a purge that could take years to reverse. — Konstantin Toropin, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026 The line of questioning came at a hearing days before her ouster. — Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 27 Sep. 2026 Bob Chapek, fired as Disney CEO in 2022 after less than three years, lays the blame for his ouster squarely on Bob Iger in an upcoming memoir, according to the New York Times, which obtained a copy. — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 23 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for ouster

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Noun

But by then, media have already described the encounter as an ejection.

— Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2026
Referees showed head coach Nate Miller a pair of yellow cards a minute apart, earning him an ejection 21 minutes into the game.

— Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of ejection

Noun

Organizers said several setbacks have contributed to the financial challenges, including severe flooding in 2018, relocation expenses, inflation and intense weather during last month's festival.

— Jessica Riley, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026
The relocation was a last resort after the orangutans’ original habitat was no longer safe, YIARI CEO Karmele Llano Sanchez said.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of relocation

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The cases are then reviewed by a panel of faculty and staff, which can impose punishments ranging from verbal warnings to suspension or expulsion.

— Casey Tolan, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2026
In theory, the criminal proceeding could lead to prison time and the Title IX case to expulsion.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of expulsion

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Over the past five years, Europe’s political debate has shifted away from resettlement and toward returns.

— Dominique Soguel, Christian Science Monitor, 15 Aug. 2026
Beyond language barriers and bureaucratic challenges Refugees enter the country through a formal resettlement system.

— Hyojin Im, The Conversation, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of resettlement

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In a memo later Monday morning, the White House TV pool had been suspended given CNN’s banishment.

— Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 21 Sep. 2026
Lucas and her attorneys with the Liberty Counsel, a conservative Christian legal organization, assert that her ownership of the property shields her from banishment.

— Savannah Peters, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of banishment

Noun

He was publicly named in extradition proceedings in Italy that led to his transfer to Germany in November.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 15 Oct. 2026
The second Ukrainian man arrested in connection with the bombing, Volodymyr Zhuravlov, was detained in August in Croatia, where a court has approved his extradition to Germany, Reuters reported last month.

— Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of extradition

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Against monarch-butterfly migrations and environmental destruction, the family’s struggle becomes a story of displacement, resilience and fragile belonging.

— Anna Marie de la Fuente, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026
While Cuban has highlighted how health care costs could be having an affect on the labor market, fears over AI job displacement are surging.

— Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of displacement

Noun

For them, Zionism is defined in terms of its outcomes for Palestinians, which have included displacement, dispossession, destruction and the denial of their rights.

— Dov Waxman, The Conversation, 14 Sep. 2026
Stealing America dramatically expands this history by tracing Indigenous enslavement and land dispossession throughout the full range of American history.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026

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