as in to eliminate
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Recent Examples of expulse
In this case, shed doesn’t mean put in the tool shed but rather release or expulse the live virus into your surroundings.
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Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 8 May 2021
To expulse the Russian team from the Pyeongchang Games?
—Rebecca R. Ruiz, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2018
Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 8 May 2021
To expulse the Russian team from the Pyeongchang Games?
—Rebecca R. Ruiz, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for expulse
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Between the lines: The choice before lawmakers is whether to allow tipped wages to be gradually eliminated — with unknown effects on the state's tipping culture.—
Joe Guillen,
Axios,
13 Jan. 2025
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Industry analysts forecast that global banks may eliminate up to 200,000 positions over the next three to five years.—
Chris Westfall,
Forbes,
13 Jan. 2025
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This devastation has affected thousands upon thousands of people who just ran out of their homes with nothing in their hands and are trying to rebuild.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
12 Jan. 2025
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As Houston lined up in victory formation with time running out, Herbert stood on the sideline with his hands on his hips.—
Houston Mitchell,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Leapfrog said a hospital could be excluded from the report for various reasons.—
Michelle Marchante,
Miami Herald,
16 Jan. 2025
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Then, companies could make a case to administration officials for why their products should be excluded from a long list of goods set to be slapped with tariffs.—
Courtenay Brown,
Axios,
16 Jan. 2025
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Its owners were evicted in 2019 so the building could be razed for future development, The Charlotte Observer reported at the time.—
Joe Marusak,
Charlotte Observer,
15 Jan. 2025
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The landlord evicted the TGI Fridays franchisee, Orlando Restaurants Inc., in October for nonpayment around the same time the chain’s parent company filed for Chapter 11 reorganization.—
Laura Kinsler,
Orlando Sentinel,
13 Jan. 2025
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The party has been forced to expel members for using racist and antisemitic language.—
Jim Tankersley,
New York Times,
9 Jan. 2025
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The rebranding did not sit well with her father, whose inflammatory statements and sniping forced her to expel him from the party.—
Elizabeth Pineau and Marine Strauss,
USA TODAY,
8 Jan. 2025
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They were both ejected from the game and had their Game 5 tickets revoked.—
Daniel S. Levine,
People.com,
11 Jan. 2025
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Betts reacted angrily toward the pair, who were quickly ejected from the game and barred from attending the Dodgers’ title-clinching win in Game 5 the next night.—
Jack Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Jan. 2025
Verb
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So many good people displaced, devastated and cast out all over LA.—
Jessica Nicholson,
Billboard,
9 Jan. 2025
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Soon enough, that bright banter was cast out for the more edgy rom-coms of the 1970s, like Annie Hall and Harold and Maude.—
Esther Zuckerman,
Rolling Stone,
27 Dec. 2024
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In 2017, Park Geun-hye, another conservative, was the first South Korean president to be ousted from office, after a corruption scandal that saw over 1 million protesters take to the streets.—
Max Kim,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Jan. 2025
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Altman was briefly ousted from the CEO role by OpenAI’s board in November 2023, but was quickly reinstated due to pressure from investors and employees.—
Hayden Field,
CNBC,
8 Jan. 2025
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“Expulse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expulse. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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