OUSTER Synonyms: 49 Similar and Opposite Words

ouster

noun

Definition of ouster

as in ejection

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Recent Examples of ouster With the Bajaria ouster done and dusted, the industry’s eyes are now trained on film chief Dan Lin, who held an urgent meeting with the film team at the company on Thursday night to go over the shake up. — Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2026 Raman called for Police Chief Jim McDonnell’s ouster over his handling of federal immigration raids. — Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026 When she was called into the offices of M1, the broadcaster was operating with only a skeleton staff after many of its employees had left or been fired following the ouster of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán from office in April. — Dominique Soguel, Christian Science Monitor, 13 Oct. 2026 But as the Iran war squeezes Republicans ahead of the midterms, Democrats are aligning to call for the defense secretary’s ouster or resignation. — Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 9 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for ouster

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Noun

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
Two technical fouls in the same game would have resulted in an ejection of Reese, and could have changed the game in favor of the Liberty.

— Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of ejection

Noun

The researchers used Forbes billionaire rankings, real estate reports, and public relocation announcements.

— Bilin Lin, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026
By spring, with the opportunity fading for a mass relocation of homes and businesses, optimism crept back into public discourse.

— Abe Streep, ProPublica, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of relocation

Noun

For those who remained, citizenship became a form of insurance against expulsion; once they were designated as citizens of Israel, their removal became legally much more difficult.

— Tamir Sorek, The Conversation, 20 Oct. 2026
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

Definition of expulsion

Noun

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

Noun

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

For starters, the 46-year-old billionaire was confined to house arrest on his 300-acre Oxfordshire estate in England, fighting off a Swiss extradition request tied to an international money-laundering probe.

— Cate Brown, ProPublica, 21 Oct. 2026
Kenosha police said detectives will work with the Kenosha County District Attorney's Office to initiate extradition proceedings and pursue charges in Wisconsin.

— Jeramie Bizzle, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of extradition

Noun

Some, facing immediate displacement with nowhere else to go, waited for local nonprofit organizations to arrive and assist with temporary shelter and moving support.

— La'Tasha Givens, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
But this is 2026 and the world is weaning off larger displacements.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 14 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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