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as in exiled
to force to leave a country
in the old days, criminals were sometimes banished to distant lands
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as in dismissed
to drive or force out
permanently banished the troublemakers from the youth recreational center
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Recent Examples of banished
And that would be true even during a typical presidency, to say nothing of one that has systematically attacked the freedom of the press, sought to disempower the WHCA, and banished some of its members.
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David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 27 Apr. 2026
By the end of that show, the anxiety and isolation that freight life in the closet had burned away, leaving a happy, hopeful ending in place of familiar narrative disaster; love is found, secrecy is banished, and all is well.
—Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 24 Apr. 2026
Something’s lost in the translation, but with dazzling costumes, hyper-energetic singing and dancing and joyful spirit filling the Nederlander, quibbles end up banished beyond the flats.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 20 Apr. 2026
One is a search for stability, driven by a horror of chaos and by memories of the mayhem that wrecked his childhood and banished him to the cave.
—Michael Sheridan, Vanity Fair, 8 Apr. 2026
While Vitello was banished to his office, the Giants lost a lot more than that.
—Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2026
Finish last in the Social Darwinism of a European football league, and you’re banished to a lower division of the game.
—Andrés Martinez, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2026
Andrew has already been banished to Sandringham and stripped of his titles.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 21 Mar. 2026
The scheme has proved to be the start of a wave of pedestrianizations across the city, which have banished cars from some major streets and reduced the number of car lanes on many others.
—Marie Patino, Bloomberg, 20 Mar. 2026
David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 27 Apr. 2026
By the end of that show, the anxiety and isolation that freight life in the closet had burned away, leaving a happy, hopeful ending in place of familiar narrative disaster; love is found, secrecy is banished, and all is well.
—Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 24 Apr. 2026
Something’s lost in the translation, but with dazzling costumes, hyper-energetic singing and dancing and joyful spirit filling the Nederlander, quibbles end up banished beyond the flats.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 20 Apr. 2026
One is a search for stability, driven by a horror of chaos and by memories of the mayhem that wrecked his childhood and banished him to the cave.
—Michael Sheridan, Vanity Fair, 8 Apr. 2026
While Vitello was banished to his office, the Giants lost a lot more than that.
—Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2026
Finish last in the Social Darwinism of a European football league, and you’re banished to a lower division of the game.
—Andrés Martinez, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2026
Andrew has already been banished to Sandringham and stripped of his titles.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 21 Mar. 2026
The scheme has proved to be the start of a wave of pedestrianizations across the city, which have banished cars from some major streets and reduced the number of car lanes on many others.
—Marie Patino, Bloomberg, 20 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for banished
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The boy was exiled from India, given to a British soldier who served as his guardian and forced to convert to Christianity.—
Doha Madani,
NBC news,
30 Apr. 2026
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Andrew and Epstein cast a shadow Raising the stakes is the shadow of the king’s younger brother, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, who has been stripped of his royal title of Prince Andrew, exiled from public life and put under police investigation over his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein.—
Jill Lawless,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Apr. 2026
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And a federal judge dismissed both of those cases.—
NBC news,
NBC news,
3 May 2026
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At Friday’s news conference, Cordero-Stutz said outstanding citations will be dismissed.—
Scott Travis,
Sun Sentinel,
3 May 2026
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They may even still get relegated.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
1 May 2026
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Qualifying for the Champions League could boost revenue by a few hundred million; being relegated could cost a team an equal (or much greater) amount.—
Eben Novy-Williams,
Sportico.com,
30 Apr. 2026
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Kevin Durant waving bye to Deandre Ayton after he was ejected from the game.—
Dan Woike,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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Authorities said the driver was ejected from the vehicle and pronounced dead at the scene.—
Steve Maugeri,
CBS News,
27 Apr. 2026
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Hundreds of ‘Dreamers’ arrested In the first 11 months of 2025, more than 250 DACA recipients were arrested and 86 deported, then-Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said earlier this year.—
Hallie Golden,
Los Angeles Times,
2 May 2026
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Third-country deportations made up a small fraction of those deported last year.—
Julia Ingram,
CBS News,
1 May 2026
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Bo Bichette led off the bottom of the first with a home run against right-hander Zack Littell, and the Mets chased him from the game in the fourth inning.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
29 Apr. 2026
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Officers briefly chased the suspect through Highland Park, but backed off.—
Matthew Rodriguez,
CBS News,
28 Apr. 2026
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Since whistleblowers outed OpenAI’s mistake, cops have gotten access to the shooter’s logs, but families and their legal team have not, Edelson confirmed.—
Robert Pearlman,
ArsTechnica,
29 Apr. 2026
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Some of these pictures show him at an event in Birmingham with Black Box theater colleagues and attended by officials of UK actors union Equity just a few weeks before he was outed by Norwood’s anonymous tipper.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
16 Apr. 2026
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Austria, a European Union member with a policy of military neutrality, was initially hesitant to take such action but has recently expelled more Russian diplomats.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
4 May 2026
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In response to the incident, Russian intelligence officers were expelled from the United Kingdom and then from many other western countries.—
Nick Tabor,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Banished.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/banished. Accessed 6 May. 2026.
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