ouster

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Recent Examples of ouster Advertisement Cuba, which was already facing an energy crisis and a dampened economy prior to the ouster, is now on the brink of a major humanitarian crisis. Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 26 Feb. 2026 Analysts saw the removal of Zhang, a longtime confidant of Xi, as the most significant ouster yet. Jennifer Jett, NBC news, 25 Feb. 2026 The former Los Angeles fire chief has filed a lawsuit against the city, alleging that her ouster was part of an orchestrated effort to smear her conduct and decision-making so Mayor Karen Bass could avoid accountability for the most destructive wildfire in LA history. ABC News, 24 Feb. 2026 Three members of the union’s eight-man executive subcommittee — Chicago Cubs left fielder Ian Happ, Jack Flaherty and Lucas Giolito — were among the players who in March 2024 advocated for the ouster of Meyer in an effort led by former union lawyer Harry Marino. Ronald Blum, Chicago Tribune, 19 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for ouster
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Noun
  • Self was finished for the night, his Jayhawks trailing 23-16 at the time of his ejection.
    Gary Bedore March 5, Kansas City Star, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Young left Capital One Arena before reporters could ask him about his ejection.
    Josh Robbins, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The company said that the relocation will begin at the end of 2026 and last until the end of 2028.
    Dan Raby, CBS News, 10 Mar. 2026
  • In Patagonia’s mountains, Adelaida, the last of a Chilean indigenous people, resists relocation as a mining project threatens her ancestral land.
    John Hopewell, Variety, 9 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • They were prominently reported by this newspaper and its predecessors, which contributed to the expulsion of almost all Native Americans from Texas.
    Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 7 Mar. 2026
  • This was the first time demonstrators had called for the group’s expulsion.
    Anand Gopal, New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • This year, Miami Beach and the Miami Beach Redevelopment Agency are spending $390,000 on public relations campaigns aimed at stimulating real estate development and resettlement.
    Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Refugee resettlement organizations estimate this new policy could impact tens of thousands of refugees, mostly those who entered during the Biden administration.
    Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 19 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • This season, with two Housewives as Traitors, Gamers Ian Terry, Rob Cesternino, and Yam Yam Arocho were three of the first five murdered, with Tiffany Mitchell an early banishment.
    Joe Reid, Vulture, 2 Mar. 2026
  • And Tara then wanting to quit the game after Natalie’s banishment?
    Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • His extradition has reportedly faced resistance from powerful figures within the Venezuelan government, including Cabello, according to people familiar with the negotiations.
    Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Wayne County, Utah, Attorney Michael Winn declined to comment on Miller’s plan to fight extradition.
    ABC News, ABC News, 6 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • From glass sculptures to abstract collages, the artists grapple with memory, home and survival in the aftermath of displacement.
    Grant Klarich Johnson, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Syria endured more than a decade of mass violence, displacement and repression during a devastating civil war.
    Arnaud Kurze, The Conversation, 9 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Its occupation of the West Bank has entrenched a system of dispossession and daily violence, as Palestinians are killed, arrested and displaced while Israeli settlers, protected by the Israel Defense Forces and supported by the United States, expand into Palestinian land.
    Ken Barnes, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Mar. 2026
  • Critics of Israel often rightly point out that Palestinian radicalization is less the result of inveterate ideology than of continuous Israeli occupation, violence, and dispossession.
    Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 2 Mar. 2026

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

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