ousting

verb

present participle of oust
1
as in dismissing
to drive or force out she was ousted from her job after it was proven she'd been pilfering company supplies

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2
as in deposing
to remove from a position of prominence or power (as a throne) the people finally rose up and ousted the corrupt dictator

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3
as in evicting
to end the occupancy or possession of the squatters were forcibly ousted from the abandoned building

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Recent Examples of ousting Spain took down Les Bleus in an international tournament yet again, ousting a team that up until this point had looked unstoppable. — Alex Connor, USA Today, 15 July 2026 The story enraged campus and district officials and played a role in Stapleton’s ousting, despite a later retraction. — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2026 Sixty-three countries would need to vote in favor of ousting Khan for the decision to go through. — ABC News, 19 June 2026 While the ousting immediately stunned and outraged members of the diabetes research community, Henderson’s video is in sharp contrast to the ADA’s series of statements over the past several days that tried to justify the decision. — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 10 June 2026 Trump has been threatening military action in Cuba ever since ousting Maduro and then ordering an energy blockade that choked off fuel shipments to Cuba. — CBS News, 9 June 2026 After ousting Pelley, Bilton sent a memo to staffers, aiming to reassure them of his vision for the show. — Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 9 June 2026 Other prominent Democrats, such as Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), have taken a weaker stance, instead focusing on ousting Collins to take back the Senate. — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 7 June 2026 Israel waged a bloody fight to capture the castle in 1982, ousting Yasser Arafat's Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). — Greg Myre, NPR, 31 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ousting
  1. dismissing
  2. deposing
  3. evicting
  4. ejecting
  5. sacking
  6. depriving
  7. banishing
  8. toppling
Verb
  • The two commissioners selected by congressional Democrats, Chairman Thomas Hicks and Benjamin Hovland, each received an email dismissing them on July 9.
    — Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 10 July 2026
  • England went into the Mexico match inspired by having so many factors against them and with a lot of people dismissing their chances of winning the tournament.
    — Carl Anka, New York Times, 10 July 2026
Definition of dismissing
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  • Conspicuously absent in the edit is the follow-up question from the attorney deposing Cavanaugh, who asked whether DOGE actually managed to reduce the deficit.
    — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 10 June 2026
  • While the opposition Conservative Party has a history of deposing prime ministers while in office, Labour does not, said Jonathan Tonge, a professor of politics at the University of Liverpool.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 May 2026
Definition of deposing
Verb
  • Now that same board is evicting Aust and nearly 100 other patients from the Silverado Beach Cities Memory Care Community.
    — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
  • The ordinance would require landlords to provide a valid reason before evicting a tenant or declining to renew their lease.
    — Megan De Mar, CBS News, 29 June 2026
Definition of evicting
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  • Based on witness statements, a jet ski allegedly struck a wake, ejecting the operator into the water, according to DEEP officials.
    — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 11 July 2026
  • SpaceX uses a different approach on Starship, with Starlinks riding inside the vehicle’s fuselage, then ejecting through a small door on the side like a Pez dispenser.
    — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 9 July 2026
Definition of ejecting
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  • To an outsider, the scene may spark a certain Schadenfreude, like an army of tiny barbarians sacking Rome.
    — Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
  • One source close to the squad, speaking anonymously to protect relationships, told The Athletic that the AUF considered sacking Bielsa around this period, aware of the ongoing issues with the squad.
    — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 28 June 2026
Definition of sacking
Verb
  • All of which is to say that the Odyssey, in depriving Nolan of opportunities for his ingenuity as a screenwriter, has also pushed him toward greater filmmaking risks.
    — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 17 July 2026
  • Some employees also owe their employers a deeper fiduciary duty, which one court has described as the duty to protect the employer’s interests and to avoid injuring the employer or depriving the employer of the employee’s skills.
    — Dan Eaton, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 June 2026
Definition of depriving
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  • But being intellectually skeptical of something is not the same as banishing it from one’s existence.
    — Sebastian Smee, The Atlantic, 29 June 2026
  • Between the trauma his father inflicted on him, banishing him, calling him weak, giving him a scar and pitting him against his sister — along with his mother being taken — Zuko gives into his darker impulses.
    — Skyler Trepel, PEOPLE, 26 June 2026
Definition of banishing
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  • Launch-control starts summon an improbable 1,139 hp, toppling previous Porsche kings such as the hybrid 918 Spyder or the recent Taycan GT Turbo.
    — Lawrence Ulrich, Robb Report, 15 July 2026
  • Statue toppling riots… and the very real possibility of death.
    — Rund Abdelfatah, NPR, 2 July 2026
Definition of toppling

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