expulsion

noun

ik-ˈspəl-shən How to pronounce expulsion (audio)
Definition of expulsionnext
as in deportation
the forced removal from a homeland the ruthless expulsion of the French-speaking Acadians from Nova Scotia by the British

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Recent Examples of expulsion Spanish authorities call the surge a violation of territorial integrity and a humanitarian crisis, blaming human-trafficking networks and confusion over a recent Supreme Court ruling on migrant expulsions. — Sergio Rodrigo Ruíz, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2026 Miller and Santos have sparred in the past, before Santos’s expulsion from Congress. — Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 29 July 2026 The expulsion of five diabetes experts from the American Diabetes Association meeting last month continues to reverberate, with more than 200 members now calling for two ADA leaders to resign. — Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 28 July 2026 Trajectories are shaped by the force of a micrometeoroid's expulsion from the comet's nucleus, along with the gentle push of radiation from the sun and the gravitational tug of the planets. — Anthony Wood, Space.com, 21 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for expulsion
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deportation
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  • Trump has sought to restrict birthright citizenship as part of a sweeping, hardline immigration agenda centered around mass deportations.
    — Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2026
  • The only remaining options have been forms of administrative discretion—the executive branch’s authority to grant temporary protection from deportation in particularly compelling cases.
    — Dara Lind, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of deportation

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