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noun

Definition of ouster

as in ejection

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Recent Examples of ouster When Vucic conceded defeat on Sunday and tens of thousands took to the streets to celebrate, the scenes bore a resemblance to the ouster of pro-Russian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in Hungary just six months earlier. — Jovana Gec, Arkansas Online, 27 Oct. 2026 Venezuela’s opposition leader María Corina Machado greeted crowds in Caracas after nearly 10 months in exile, while student protesters powered the ouster of Serbia’s strongman leader after 14 years in power. — Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 26 Oct. 2026 Following Maduro’s ouster, Venezuela’s highest court said Rodríguez’s interim presidential appointment could last for up to 90 days, with the National Assembly potentially extending her term for another 90. — Chad De Guzman, Time, 26 Oct. 2026 When Vucic conceded defeat on Sunday and tens of thousands took to the streets to celebrate, the scenes bore a remarkable resemblance to the ouster of pro-Russian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in Hungary just six months earlier. — Jovana Gec, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for ouster

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Noun

Green was hit with consecutive technical fouls and received his first ejection of the season.

— Ryan Gaydos OutKick, FOXNews.com, 3 Nov. 2026
Batters who step out of the batter's box are charged with a strike, while attempting to bunt results in an ejection.

— Adam Thompson, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of ejection

Noun

Construction of intersection improvements will immediately follow utility relocation completion.

— Brian Sherrod, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2026
As a result, companies are mixing up their relocation strategies, with more than half both diversifying and regionalizing and about a third nearshoring and reshoring.

— Diana Olick, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of relocation

Noun

Rodolfo Friedmann, a party vice president, called for Peña's expulsion, while Senate President Basilio Núñez defended the president and blamed the central bank instead.

— EMILIO SANABRIA, Arkansas Online, 4 Nov. 2026
Ethiopia’s Foreign Ministry had not publicly announced these latest measures, unlike last month’s expulsions.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of expulsion

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Brigus South The show is set in the actual resettled town of Snook’s Arm, which had a population of 10 when it was approved for resettlement in 2017, according to the CBC.

— Rachel Chang, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Nov. 2026
Raman began working with slum dwellers’ organizations in Delhi, first trying to stop the evictions and later documenting conditions in the resettlement colonies, pushing for running water and better sanitation.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of resettlement

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Carol’s return and redemption, after her banishment from the group, was a thrilling turn for the character, so evocatively rendered by Melissa McBride over these many seasons.

— Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Oct. 2026
In a memo later Monday morning, the White House TV pool had been suspended given CNN’s banishment.

— Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of banishment

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The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department announced the capture and extradition of a Southern California man Wednesday, more than two months after he was accused of beating an elderly woman with a bat and fleeing the state.

— Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026
Permission to enter does not mean someone qualifies for asylum or is shielded from extradition.

— Alessandra Freitas, CNN Money, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of extradition

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Preliminary estimates place the new submarine’s submerged displacement at approximately 10,100 tons.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 31 Oct. 2026
Blanchett said the filmmakers were given full freedom over subject and point of view, and their stories did not have to address displacement directly.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of displacement

Noun

Nevertheless, the main opposition depends more heavily on a secular middle class sensitive to global opinion that is increasingly turning against Israel over the dispossession and killing of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza.

— Tamir Sorek, The Conversation, 20 Oct. 2026
The findings come three decades after the democratic government introduced a raft of measures — known as Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) — aimed at reversing the dispossession suffered by Black people under apartheid and colonialism.

— Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 16 Oct. 2026

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