ouster

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Recent Examples of ouster Democrats press Hegseth over reasons for war Wednesday’s hearing stretched nearly six hours as Democrats and some Republicans questioned Hegseth over the war and his ouster of several top military leaders. Ben Finley, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026 Hours after the president and first lady called for Jimmy Kimmel’s ouster, the late-night host defended the joke that sparked their ire in the wake of an assassination attempt at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner. Dennis Romero, NBC news, 28 Apr. 2026 Musk is also seeking Altman's ouster as a director of OpenAI's nonprofit board, and removal of both Altman and Brockman as officers of the for-profit company. John Ruwitch, NPR, 28 Apr. 2026 The brief, failed ouster of Altman in 2023 almost collapsed the ChatGPT maker, with investors pressing the board to bring back Altman and employees pledging to quit en masse if the CEO wasn’t reinstated. Bloomberg, Mercury News, 27 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for ouster
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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
  • Most fans understand that the need for more professional-caliber resources wasn’t going to be met under Mohegan Tribe ownership, but there is deep frustration over the Sun’s relocation out of New England.
    Emily Adams, Hartford Courant, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Officials initially concluded that the relocation did not warrant strict controls.
    Dewardric L. McNeal, CNBC, 28 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Suspensions and expulsions do not belong in a phone policy.
    Krista Spurgin, Denver Post, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Only a handful of American journalists operate in China after tit-for-tat expulsions.
    Andy Browne, semafor.com, 28 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Thiswas a good first step to identifying areas needing improvement and ensuring accountability onrefugee resettlement and immigration in Idaho.
    Rose Evans May 6, Idaho Statesman, 6 May 2026
  • We also are deeply troubled by the cancellation of the $11 million grant to Catholic Charities of Miami, which played a very important part with the resettlement of Syrian and Afghan refugees in Miami and elsewhere.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 29 Apr. 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
  • Even if Gagianas gave up his passport, Benson alluded to ways defendants with dual citizenship could go to Greece through a third country to avoid extradition.
    Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 2 May 2026
  • Police say Farrug has warrants in Southeast Michigan, including in Shelby Township, as well as in Georgia and a nationwide extradition out of Florida.
    DeJanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 2 May 2026
Noun
  • Los Angeles cannot solve its housing challenges while responsibility is scattered across multiple departments, with no single office accountable for preventing displacement and increasing housing stability.
    Teresa Liu, Daily News, 4 May 2026
  • For years, tech experts like Hinton predicted displacement by AI partly because some radiologists’ tasks are seemingly formulaic and repetitive, such as reading scans and writing reports.
    Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 4 May 2026
Noun
  • For them, a donkey taken from the Palestinian community represents another form of settler dispossession, regardless of whether that removal is carried out through acts of care by sanctuary workers near Tel Aviv or through physical violence by Jewish shepherds in the West Bank.
    Irus Braverman, The Conversation, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Spanning 1542, 1988 and 2023, the film follows three generations of the Kambeba people resisting the long consequences of European invasion and dispossession.
    Emiliano de Pablos, Variety, 23 Apr. 2026

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“Ouster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ouster. Accessed 9 May. 2026.

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