OUSTER Synonyms: 49 Similar and Opposite Words

ouster

noun

Definition of ouster

as in ejection

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Recent Examples of ouster Clark’s ouster, meanwhile, was botched, as a leak left ESPN brass scrambling to inform the former Steelers safety that he was being released Monday during an NFL Live commercial break. — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 21 July 2026 Smith also reportedly was behind the ouster of Max Kellerman as the show’s host in 2021. — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 21 July 2026 Kalyani never followed up, so the five stuck with their original plan to hand out copies to those entering the hall for the keynote, leading to their ouster. — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 17 July 2026 But news of the ouster of the defense minister has propelled them to the streets in resistance to the surprise move. — Scott Peterson, Christian Science Monitor, 16 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for ouster

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Noun

The Swiss played a good chunk of the match with 10 men after review changed a yellow card on an Argentine player into a second yellow card (and an ejection) for one of their own.

— Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 13 July 2026
Giants manager Tony Vitello came out to argue the call and was ejected by plate umpire Lance Barksdale, the second ejection this season for the first-year skipper.

— ABC News, ABC News, 11 July 2026

Definition of ejection

Noun

People leave for caregiving, education, entrepreneurship, military service, relocation and many other reasons.

— Sheila Callaham, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Officials say the relocation of aid groups, including Africa CDC and Mercy Corps, has disrupted surveillance, contact tracing and supplies.

— ABC News, ABC News, 30 July 2026

Definition of relocation

Noun

Miller and Santos have sparred in the past, before Santos’s expulsion from Congress.

— Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 29 July 2026
The expulsion of five diabetes experts from the American Diabetes Association meeting last month continues to reverberate, with more than 200 members now calling for two ADA leaders to resign.

— Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 28 July 2026

Definition of expulsion

Noun

People have sold personal belongings, like their cars, to afford services that turn out to be bogus, said Christopher Ross, who oversees migration and refugee resettlement services at Catholic Charities USA.

— Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2026
And various other humanitarian programs like refugee resettlement and visas have been limited or paused.

— Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 30 July 2026

Definition of resettlement

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The self-banishment of UEFA sides would raise the prospect of greater diversity, with Europe having won six of the past eight tournaments and accounting for most of the teams in the competition’s latter stages.

— Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026
Violations give the commissioner broad authority to impose severe penalties, ranging from fines and suspensions to permanent banishment in order to protect the integrity of the league.

— Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 31 July 2026

Definition of banishment

Noun

The court is expected to work out a schedule for the extradition process at Monday’s hearing, including deadlines for court filings and a date for a formal extradition hearing.

— Conor Murray, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
The United Kingdom must submit the extradition petition to the Department of State and Department of Justice by September.

— Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 27 July 2026

Definition of extradition

Noun

Efficiency expands access while increasing the number of settings in which consequential mistakes, surveillance and labor displacement can occur.

— Gerui Wang, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Her campaign has emphasized protecting working-class residents from displacement while resisting what progressives describe as an increasingly corporate approach to city government.

— Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of displacement

Noun

The act of writing is a pathway to my restoration, a journey to heal from generations of dispossession.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 July 2026
That pattern has held since the Revolutionary War, from the Navajo Code Talkers of World War II to today’s active-duty ranks, even as Native nations endured broken treaties, dispossession and federal violence at the hands of the government.

— Kerri J. Malloy, The Conversation, 9 July 2026

Definition of dispossession

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