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Recent Examples of excommunication
The Vatican said Viganò had been told of the excommunication and that only the Holy See could lift the sanction.
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Christopher Lamb, CNN, 5 July 2024
But raising the age question was grounds for excommunication from the high command of the Biden orbit.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 28 June 2024
To demean Kennedy’s candidacy and exclude his views with a barrage of hostile name-calling and unfounded accusations — with implications of familial excommunication — is an insult to the electorate.
—David Marks, Orlando Sentinel, 25 June 2024
Conviction could lead to Viganò’s defrocking and excommunication.
—Stefano Pitrelli, Washington Post, 20 June 2024
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Christopher Lamb, CNN, 5 July 2024
But raising the age question was grounds for excommunication from the high command of the Biden orbit.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 28 June 2024
To demean Kennedy’s candidacy and exclude his views with a barrage of hostile name-calling and unfounded accusations — with implications of familial excommunication — is an insult to the electorate.
—David Marks, Orlando Sentinel, 25 June 2024
Conviction could lead to Viganò’s defrocking and excommunication.
—Stefano Pitrelli, Washington Post, 20 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for excommunication
Noun
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The rock legend's public condemnation of Trump is not new.—
Jason D. Greenblatt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Apr. 2025
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His condemnation was echoed by former CIA, National Security Council and FBI counterterrorism leader Phil Mudd and retired four star Army General Brian McCaffrey.—
Rick Pozniak,
Boston Herald,
1 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Out of the privation, the challenge, and the censure of slavery and the unfulfilled promise of post-Reconstruction justice, Black musicians embraced experimentation and innovation, ingenuity and joy, and a multigenerational call and response speaking truth to power that endures to the present day.—
Elizabeth Alexander,
Time,
1 Apr. 2025
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The commissioners held an executive session Monday, an hour before the district sent an email with the Tuesday censure agenda item.—
Nick Rosenberger,
Idaho Statesman,
1 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Scott Rudin, the powerful producer who was exiled from Broadway and Hollywood four years ago after allegations of bullying led to widespread denunciations and even protesters in the streets, has been quietly preparing to return to show business.—
Michael Paulson,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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User-adjudicators took to social media, coming down against Gallardo with a polarizing logic of denunciation.—
Fabiola Iza,
Artforum,
1 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Even as the Mayor tried to rush home from the inauguration of Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama, her silence to questions from a reporter who was on her flight only added to her damnation.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
17 Jan. 2025
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However benign or malicious — whatever its life or death, possible eternal salvation or never-ending damnation — this spirit seizes your attention from the get-go because everything in this twisty, technically virtuosic, surprisingly moving chiller is shot from its point of view.—
Manohla Dargis,
New York Times,
23 Jan. 2025
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“Excommunication.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excommunication. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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