Examples of expulsion in a Sentence
The government engaged in mass expulsions.
the expulsion of air from the lungs
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Suspensions and expulsions do not belong in a phone policy.
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Krista Spurgin, Denver Post, 29 Apr. 2026
Only a handful of American journalists operate in China after tit-for-tat expulsions.
—Andy Browne, semafor.com, 28 Apr. 2026
Cory Mills, slapped with a restraining order and generating one controversy after another, is facing calls for expulsion from Congress.
—Scott Maxwell, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2026
The government actually deported more than six hundred and seventy-five thousand people, but getting just to that number involved broad and violent sweeps and the expulsion of people who were in the country legally, actions that led to widespread protests.
—Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 26 Apr. 2026
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Krista Spurgin, Denver Post, 29 Apr. 2026
Only a handful of American journalists operate in China after tit-for-tat expulsions.
—Andy Browne, semafor.com, 28 Apr. 2026
Cory Mills, slapped with a restraining order and generating one controversy after another, is facing calls for expulsion from Congress.
—Scott Maxwell, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2026
The government actually deported more than six hundred and seventy-five thousand people, but getting just to that number involved broad and violent sweeps and the expulsion of people who were in the country legally, actions that led to widespread protests.
—Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 26 Apr. 2026
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“Expulsion.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/expulsion. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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expulsion
noun
ex·pul·sion
ik-ˈspəl-shən 
: the act of expelling : the state of being expelled
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