as in to eject
to force (someone) to leave a place
His landlord has threatened to evict him if he doesn't pay the rent soon. They were evicted from their apartment.
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Recent Examples of evict
What To Know Texas Governor Greg Abbott vowed to prioritize legislation targeting squatters this year following a number of high-profile cases, including that of Terry Boyette in Mesquite who was left homeless for 11 months while a squatter was evicted from her home.
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Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 2025
In Tarkwa Bay, a coastal community, close to 5,000 people were evicted in 2020.
—Jewel Bright, NPR, 7 Mar. 2025
Natalia was evicted from the apartment a year later and the couple was hit with accusations of abandonment and several charges related to the neglect of a dependent.
—Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2025
As time went on, property owners evicted Kilgubbin’s squatters.
—Robert Loerzel, Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2025
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Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 2025
In Tarkwa Bay, a coastal community, close to 5,000 people were evicted in 2020.
—Jewel Bright, NPR, 7 Mar. 2025
Natalia was evicted from the apartment a year later and the couple was hit with accusations of abandonment and several charges related to the neglect of a dependent.
—Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2025
As time went on, property owners evicted Kilgubbin’s squatters.
—Robert Loerzel, Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for evict
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Reid, DiVincenzo, Holland, Isaiah Stewart, Marcus Sasser, Bickerstaff, 46, and Prigioni, 47, were all ejected from the game, NBA.com reported.—
Escher Walcott,
People.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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After a month-long pause, during which the Kremlin’s priority was to eject a strong Ukrainian force from western Russia’s Kursk Oblast, the Russians are on the attack again outside Pokrovsk, a fortress city in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk Oblast.—
David Axe,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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President Donald Trump has framed his actions as efforts to root out noncitizens who support terrorists and banish members of notoriously violent gangs, but outside groups and lawyers have accused the president of acting illegally and sued.—
Ashley Oliver,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
18 Mar. 2025
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Thor and his friends lash out at the Frost Giants against Odin’s wishes, and he is banished to Earth.—
Jacqueline Weiss,
People.com,
8 Mar. 2025
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His family are from Bhutan, a tiny Buddhist kingdom on the eastern edge of the Himalayas, from where they were expelled in the 1990s because of a conflict over ethnicity and politics, sparked by resurgent Bhutanese nationalists.—
Kim Hjelmgaard,
USA Today,
5 Apr. 2025
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But two days after Trump retook the White House this year on promises of tightening America’s borders and expelling violent criminals, Parris found himself at a red light in his Arizona neighborhood, surrounded by unmarked SUVs.—
Celina Tebor,
CNN Money,
3 Apr. 2025
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In film school, games and anime aren’t celebrated, they’re dismissed.—
Ollie Barder,
Forbes.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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Griffin launched a legal challenge and on April 4, a three-judge panel of the North Carolina court of appeals ruled 2-1 that the state's elections board erred in dismissing Griffin's protests about invalid election ballots.—
John W. Dean,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Apr. 2025
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As the administration extracts concessions from universities and seeks to deport students based on their participation in protests, experts are raising questions about the future of the American academy and the country’s larger place on the world stage.—
Anna North,
Vox,
3 Apr. 2025
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He then was deported and lived the next 14 years in Mexico while working to secure US citizenship.—
Celina Tebor,
CNN Money,
3 Apr. 2025
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The withdrawing forces had tried to dispossess the Sámi people of their traditions; just one method for this was a ban on the ládjogahpir, a red hat worn by Sámi women, within Christian churches.—
Alex Greenberger,
ARTnews.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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The writing was on the wall after only four minutes when two Brazil defenders somehow failed to dispossess Julián Álvarez in the box, allowing the ball to bounce through for the Atlético Madrid striker to poke home the opener.—
Matias Grez,
CNN Money,
26 Mar. 2025
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The powerful producer Scott Rudin was exiled from entertainment after accusations of bullying.—
Matthew Cullen,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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Soon, though, we were all exiled—I was arrested, just picked up off the street and thrown in jail.—
Corey Seymour,
Vogue,
21 Mar. 2025
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The Cultural Toll The U.S. may still be the ultimate prize, but for many international artists and their teams, the cost of chasing it is starting to outweigh the payoff.—
Alex Ashley,
Rolling Stone,
9 Apr. 2025
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Catch up on the latest energy news: PRO: To chase or not to chase?—
Spencer Kimball,
CNBC,
9 Apr. 2025
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“Evict.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evict. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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