1
as in to exile
to force to leave a country
deported them back to their country of birth
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2
as in to acquit
to manage the actions of (oneself) in a particular way
deported herself with grace and propriety at the country club cotillion
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Recent Examples of deport
The detention center where he was held in El Paso, Texas, says only told that he was deported.
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Gisela Salomon,
Chicago Tribune,
29 June 2026
The people who already have been given final orders of removal, those are the ones who are most vulnerable to being deported.
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Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
26 June 2026
The film follows Iranian Amir, who is waiting to hear if his refugee status in Germany will be accepted or whether he’ll be deported.
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Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
26 June 2026
For Larrieux, that makes the push to deport Haitian TPS holders especially painful.
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Vera Lucia Pappaterra,
Miami Herald,
26 June 2026
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Gisela Salomon,
Chicago Tribune,
29 June 2026
The people who already have been given final orders of removal, those are the ones who are most vulnerable to being deported.
—
Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
26 June 2026
The film follows Iranian Amir, who is waiting to hear if his refugee status in Germany will be accepted or whether he’ll be deported.
—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
26 June 2026
For Larrieux, that makes the push to deport Haitian TPS holders especially painful.
—
Vera Lucia Pappaterra,
Miami Herald,
26 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deport
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The reality star, actress, and comedian hasn't been exiled from late night altogether, however.
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The producers essentially did as much once both were exiled from Casa Amor, and the two made the mutual decision to couple up onscreen.
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On Wednesday, a Wayne County jury acquitted Hamtramck City Councilmember Mohammed Hassan of both felony counts of election law forgery and forging a signature on an absentee ballot application.
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In a dissenting opinion, a member of the panel, Andi Saputra, argued that there was not enough evidence and Marakim should be acquitted.
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Catlett was banished from the United States for what her art had to say.
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But being intellectually skeptical of something is not the same as banishing it from one’s existence.
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Just assume that any animal is going to carry disease, and rabies is one of them.
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Fujimori’s presidency marks a return of her family’s political brand to Peru’s highest office — a movement that has long carried a complicated relationship with the United States.
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Girona were relegated but Ounahi stood out as one of the better midfielders in Spain.
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Using this approach, the SynMax system, called Theia, enables AI to perform tasks previously relegated to intelligence analysts.
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Being a pro athlete doesn’t exempt you from behaving respectfully in society.
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But Dumont wanted to look beyond insects to find out know how the spindle behaves in mammalian cells like ours.
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Landlords in Durban and Johannesburg also evicted foreign tenants illegally to avoid further trouble, witnesses alleged.
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The ordinance would require landlords to provide a valid reason before evicting a tenant or declining to renew their lease.
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Three women were restrained, arrested, and held for nearly 20 hours in the Baltimore City Detention Center, the lawsuit alleges.
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After a special education student in Seymour Public Schools was restrained and secluded 53 times in seven months, the child’s parents filed an official state complaint.
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“Deport.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deport. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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