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as in to eject
to drive or force out
animal lover though I am, I was determined to expel the uninvited mouse from my room
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2
as in to cast
to throw or give off
something in a wastebasket was expelling a foul odor
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3
as in to erupt
to violently throw out or off (something from within)
ringing and flashing madly, the slot machine expelled a bucketful of quarters
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as in to exhale
to let or force out of the lungs
asked the patient to expel a deep breath
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Recent Examples of expel
Fearing a repeat of Alexander Vindman’s megalomania, which led to Trump’s first impeachment, the Trump administration expelled over 150 National Security Council staffers from the White House.
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Varad Mehta, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Mar. 2025
Following that attack, the Trump administration, during his first term, expelled 21 Saudi trainees after investigations found jihadist and anti-American content on their social media or connections to child exploitation materials.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 6 Mar. 2025
But this stainless-steel container has an interior lid that, when pressed down to the level of the coffee beans, uses fancy technology to expel the air.
—airmail.news, 1 Mar. 2025
The dispersals are stirring bitter memories of the 1948 war over Israel’s creation, when some 750,000 Palestinians were expelled from or fled their homes in what’s now Israel.
—Julia Frankel, TIME, 28 Feb. 2025
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Varad Mehta, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Mar. 2025
Following that attack, the Trump administration, during his first term, expelled 21 Saudi trainees after investigations found jihadist and anti-American content on their social media or connections to child exploitation materials.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 6 Mar. 2025
But this stainless-steel container has an interior lid that, when pressed down to the level of the coffee beans, uses fancy technology to expel the air.
—airmail.news, 1 Mar. 2025
The dispersals are stirring bitter memories of the 1948 war over Israel’s creation, when some 750,000 Palestinians were expelled from or fled their homes in what’s now Israel.
—Julia Frankel, TIME, 28 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for expel
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McCaffery was ejected in his final game coaching the Hawkeyes, a 106-94 loss to Illinois on Thursday at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in the second round of the Big Ten Tournament.—
Adam Zagoria,
Forbes,
14 Mar. 2025
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Multiple fans were ejected from the game, with a team official citing the NBA's Code of Conduct.—
Chantz Martin,
Fox News,
13 Mar. 2025
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While your family is away, cast a broken video screen video from YouTube.—
Kimberly Stoney,
Parents,
19 Mar. 2025
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He was cast in Merciless, an independent project about a vengeful head of the CIA, directed by Martin Villeneuve and produced by Christopher Tuffin.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
19 Mar. 2025
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Self Tour Pompeii When Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD and coated the city of Pompeii in ash and debris to a depth of 23 feet (seven meters), the population at the time was fifteen to twenty thousand, or about that of Jackson, Wyoming or Bangor in Wales today.—
Tom Mullen,
Forbes,
16 Mar. 2025
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Plans to redevelop a piece of Idaho’s second-oldest golf course — and the oldest in Southern Idaho — could soon move forward after a neighborhood on the edge of State Street erupted into objections over similar plans six years ago.—
Nick Rosenberger,
Idaho Statesman,
16 Mar. 2025
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Gently lower back down, almost touching the floor, before exhaling and completing another rep. 5.—
Jakob Roze,
Health,
26 Feb. 2025
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In contrast, exhaling through the mouth caused infectious particles to travel further, along a more horizontal path.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
23 Jan. 2025
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On her way out, Danielle outed herself as a Traitor to Britney, Dolores Catania, Dylan Efron, Ivar Mountbatten and Gabby Windey.—
Dana Rose Falcone,
People.com,
7 Mar. 2025
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The new policy also has the virtue of sparing transgender people of the need to choose — or to effectively out themselves as transgender, which can be uncomfortable and, in some places, even dangerous.—
Steve Chapman,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Mar. 2025
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The surface of the sun, which has a temperature of 6,000 °C, radiates most strongly in the visible spectrum.—
Jayson Stewart,
IEEE Spectrum,
5 Mar. 2025
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These homes radiate timeless charm, ideal for those seeking sophistication rooted in antiquity. 2.—
Rowan Briggs,
The Mercury News,
3 Mar. 2025
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But the turbines are very inefficient, and are also spitting out pollutants—not just CO2 but nitrous oxide and formaldehyde.—
Ian Dexter Palmer,
Forbes,
20 Mar. 2025
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Instead of just spitting out an answer, a chatbot with reasoning abilities could dissect a question and provide multiple, specific responses accounting for different scenarios.—
Lisa Eadicicco,
CNN,
18 Mar. 2025
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Rather, the world was becoming more resourceful with its distractions: futility is easier to banish than death.—
Yiyun Li,
The New Yorker,
9 Mar. 2025
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How Bob the Drag Queen got banished: Bob did not do himself any favors with his overly defensive strategy at the Episode 4 roundtable.—
KiMi Robinson,
USA TODAY,
7 Mar. 2025
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“Expel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expel. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.
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