ouster

noun

Definition of ousternext
as in ejection

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Recent Examples of ouster Luna, a cosponsor of the bill, gave birth in 2023 and complications from the birth prevented her from attending votes, including the historic ouster of a House speaker. — Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 25 Mar. 2025 Recording herself on a beach somewhere, Robinson didn’t specify whether this ouster occurred in the 1990s or later. — Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 15 Mar. 2025 Turkey, which had long opposed the Assad regime and pushed for his ouster, plans to sign a defense pact with Sharaa that could see the deployment of fighter jets in two bases in central Syria. — Mostafa Salem, CNN, 14 Mar. 2025 Howard and Tindall were part of a group that held a news conference at City Hall in May of 2023 and called for Platt’s ouster. — Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 19 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for ouster
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  1. expulsion
  2. extradition
  3. displacement
  4. deportation
Noun
  • Some Israeli settlers have since October 7 called for a return to Gush Katif and for the re-settlement of Gaza, a movement emboldened by Israel’s right-wing politicians who have openly called for the expulsion of Palestinians from Gaza.
    — Lauren Izso, CNN Money, 3 Apr. 2025
  • Though the state Board of Education overturned the expulsion, a Cobb County judge later reinstated it.
    — Kristal Dixon, Axios, 2 Apr. 2025
Definition of expulsion
Noun
  • Ali was taken to the Franklin County Jail pending his extradition to Connecticut, according to the U.S. Marshals.
    — Staff report, Hartford Courant, 26 Mar. 2025
  • Brazil’s extradition requests have gone unanswered due to claims by U.S. authorities that the case involves issues of free speech rather than criminal offenses.
    — Camille Grenier, The Conversation, 21 Mar. 2025
Definition of extradition
Noun
  • Workers fear job displacement, which naturally affects overall well-being and directly impacts morale and productivity.
    — Julian Hayes II, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
  • Without a comprehensive impact study on the risks of displacement, this project cannot be responsibly approved.
    — Aimee Rosato, New York Daily News, 30 Mar. 2025
Definition of displacement
Noun
  • The Justice Department attorney who unsuccessfully argued Friday in defense of the controversial and mistaken deportation of a Maryland man to El Salvador has been placed on administrative leave, CBS News learned Saturday.
    — Scott MacFarlane, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2025
  • Between those times, Chief U.S. District Judge James Boasberg in Washington D.C., temporarily blocked their deportation that Saturday while the case is litigated.
    — Bart Jansen, USA Today, 5 Apr. 2025
Definition of deportation

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