How to Use expulsion in a Sentence

expulsion

noun
  • The government engaged in mass expulsions.
  • The expulsion of Douglas Hann wasn't the end of the story.
    TIME, 19 Dec. 2023
  • That’s a reference to the Nakba of 1948—the expulsion of the Palestinians.
    Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 16 Nov. 2023
  • Sun resigned last month in the wake of a damning ethics report that was likely to lead to expulsion.
    Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Johnson, who is white, was the only one to survive her expulsion vote.
    Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 24 Apr. 2023
  • For more on what to expect from the expulsion vote, and what comes next, check out this explainer from Stewart.
    Bridget Bowman, NBC News, 1 Dec. 2023
  • CMEs are large expulsions of plasma and magnetic fields from the Sun that reach Earth within 15 to 18 hours.
    Bradford Betz, Fox News, 25 Mar. 2024
  • Censures, which are rare in the House, are less severe than expulsion from the House but more severe than a reprimand.
    Amy B Wang, BostonGlobe.com, 21 June 2023
  • Protesters amassed at the Capitol ahead of the expulsion vote and have continued to demonstrate.
    Karin Brulliard, Washington Post, 12 Apr. 2023
  • The expulsion of Jones and Pearson sparked a national outcry from Democrats.
    Ryan King, Washington Examiner, 11 Apr. 2023
  • While some Israeli hard-liners have called for the expulsion of Palestinians from Gaza, Gallant said there were no plans to do so.
    Josef Federman, arkansasonline.com, 17 Feb. 2024
  • On Tuesday, however, Homendy said the system appeared to have been working as intended, and was not the cause of the expulsion of the door plug.
    Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Hellyer said that this kind of rhetoric has given Arabs good reason to fear that the expulsion of Palestinians may indeed be on the table.
    Nada Bashir, CNN, 25 Oct. 2023
  • The order was introduced at the beginning of the pandemic and allows for the rapid expulsion of migrants at the border.
    Adam Shaw, Fox News, 7 Apr. 2023
  • And just to be clear, this would allow for the expulsion of migrants without a guarantee of an asylum hearing.
    CBS News, 31 Dec. 2023
  • The policy allowed the rapid expulsion of migrants on public health grounds.
    The New York Times, New York Times, 11 May 2023
  • The consequences of an early expulsion can be far-reaching.
    Jenny Gold, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2023
  • Nashville’s metro council has called the meeting to address the vacancy left by the expulsion on Thursday of former Rep. Justin Jones.
    Chicago Tribune, 10 Apr. 2023
  • Of the previous expulsions in the House, three were for siding with the Confederacy during the Civil War.
    Kevin Freking The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 2 Dec. 2023
  • No wonder so many people are silent or even celebratory in the face of the mass expulsion and exploitation of the most marginalized among us.
    Jean Guerrero, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2023
  • Censure is a type of formal reprimand by the House for conduct that falls short of warranting expulsion.
    Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 7 Dec. 2023
  • On Tuesday, House Democrats brought forth a resolution to raise an expulsion vote for Santos.
    People Staff, Peoplemag, 16 May 2023
  • Johnson, who joined in the demonstration, avoided expulsion by a single vote.
    Julia Musto, Fox News, 8 Apr. 2023
  • The expulsions last Thursday made Tennessee a new front in the battle for the future of American democracy.
    Jonathan Mattise, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Those migrants that are not amenable to expulsion and do not have a legal basis to remain in the U.S. will be placed in removal proceedings under Title 8.
    Adam Shaw, Fox News, 7 Apr. 2023
  • The abject reminds us of the facts of our bodies through excretion, secretion, expulsion.
    Hazlitt, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Even an expulsion from elective office wouldn’t cut off a politician’s pension.
    Robert T. Garrett, Dallas News, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Kherson: Three months after Ukrainians celebrated the expulsion of Russian forces from it, the city remains very much a war zone.
    Eric Schmitt, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2023
  • After their expulsion, all five men regained their seats in special elections.
    Ross Barkan, The New Republic, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Unless there is a motion to table or block the expulsion resolution.
    Chad Pergram, Fox News, 30 Nov. 2023

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