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
Steve Bannon, the former White House strategist who helped Trump win the presidency in 2016, also chimed in, saying that any move to evict Canada from the Five Eyes would be counter-productive.
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Ross Rosenfeld, Newsweek, 26 Feb. 2025
Two and half weeks later, two days before the sheriff was reportedly set to evict them, Lind was attacked.
—Tessa Stuart, Rolling Stone, 25 Feb. 2025
Voters are frustrated and appear likely to evict the current chancellor, Olaf Scholz, over it.
—Natasha Frost, New York Times, 21 Feb. 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, 21 Feb. 2025
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Ross Rosenfeld, Newsweek, 26 Feb. 2025
Two and half weeks later, two days before the sheriff was reportedly set to evict them, Lind was attacked.
—Tessa Stuart, Rolling Stone, 25 Feb. 2025
Voters are frustrated and appear likely to evict the current chancellor, Olaf Scholz, over it.
—Natasha Frost, New York Times, 21 Feb. 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, 21 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for evict
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The rear passenger, an 18-year-old man from Windermere, was ejected from the vehicle.—
Elainie Barraza,
Orlando Sentinel,
2 Mar. 2025
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Self was ejected and sent to the locker room after picking up two technical fouls with six minutes left in Lubbock.—
Gary Bedore,
Kansas City Star,
28 Feb. 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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Meanwhile, a White House official this week proposed expelling Canada from the Five Eyes intelligence-sharing network, in a move that could further escalate tensions between the two countries.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
Newsweek,
26 Feb. 2025
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The Arab League is holding a summit in Egypt on Tuesday to strategize a proposal to counter President Donald Trump's proposal to forcibly expel Palestinians from their land in Gaza and reconstruct the strip -- a proposal that experts and U.S. allies have said violates international law.—
Nadine El-Bawab,
ABC News,
26 Feb. 2025
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Sassoon’s resignation was followed by additional resignations and firings of other Justice Department lawyers who also refused to assist in dismissing the indictment.—
Nick Akerman,
New York Daily News,
2 Mar. 2025
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But in dismissing the lawsuit to arbitration last December, Clarke wasn’t moved by the Knicks’ arguments.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
2 Mar. 2025
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The second Trump administration’s promises to swiftly deport immigrants in the country without legal permission is but one of the fears Acero’s community of 15 elementary and high schools is grappling with.—
Ikram Mohamed,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Feb. 2025
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Native Americans say there is growing fear within their community that they could be wrongly stopped and questioned by agents amid Trump’s push to deport millions of immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally.—
Rebecca Morin,
USA TODAY,
26 Feb. 2025
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Schar nipped in and dispossessed him, allowing Anthony Gordon to double their lead.—
Oli Gamp,
The Athletic,
14 Feb. 2025
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Now that fires from Pacific Palisades to Altadena to Castaic have finally subsided, thousands upon thousands of residents are returning to a life dispossessed of its least common denominators.—
Phi Do,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Feb. 2025
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Berezovsky, who elevated Putin to power from behind the scenes, was soon exiled and replaced with more compliant oligarchs.—
Garry Kasparov,
The Atlantic,
28 Feb. 2025
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He was exiled from the first team by Ruben Amorim amid questions over his commitment levels.—
Graham Ruthven,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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Juno likes cats a little too much and would do best in a forever home without a feline friend to chase.—
Trish Stinger and,
Kansas City Star,
5 Mar. 2025
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This synthesis — called hybrid intelligence — ensures that technology addresses real needs rather than chasing novelty for novelty’s sake.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes,
5 Mar. 2025
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“Evict.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evict. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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