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as in outs
to drive or force out
we summarily ejected the unwanted guest from our party
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as in expels
to violently throw out or off (something from within)
the malfunctioning VCR abruptly stopped rewinding and ejected the tape
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Recent Examples of ejects
This development forcibly ejects the mild-mannered mammal into both his parents’ den and the wild — literally — world of dating, where smelling suitors’ pee takes the place of an app profile.
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Alison Herman,
Variety,
22 May 2026
At the same time, a salty liquid containing calcium chloride (a salt often used to de-ice roads) is pumped through the regenerator, which carries the heat away and ejects it to the surroundings on exit.
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IEEE Spectrum,
5 Feb. 2026
Results published in Nature show that cells use bioelectricity to coordinate a complex collective behavior called extrusion, a vital process that ejects sick or struggling individual cells from tissue to maintain health and keep growth in check.
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Elise Cutts,
Quanta Magazine,
12 Jan. 2026
If the battery overheats, the system acts like a launcher; sensors trigger a mechanism that ejects it from the vehicle.
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Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Sep. 2025
As a supernova explosion ejects the outer layers of these stars, their stellar cores collapse.
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Robert Lea,
Space.com,
25 Aug. 2025
At Luxe Pack, the company highlighted two body mist sprayers – one that ejects a fine mist, for a luxurious product application, and another with a continuous mist.
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Jennifer Weil,
Footwear News,
3 Sep. 2019
Alison Herman,
Variety,
22 May 2026
At the same time, a salty liquid containing calcium chloride (a salt often used to de-ice roads) is pumped through the regenerator, which carries the heat away and ejects it to the surroundings on exit.
—
IEEE Spectrum,
5 Feb. 2026
Results published in Nature show that cells use bioelectricity to coordinate a complex collective behavior called extrusion, a vital process that ejects sick or struggling individual cells from tissue to maintain health and keep growth in check.
—
Elise Cutts,
Quanta Magazine,
12 Jan. 2026
If the battery overheats, the system acts like a launcher; sensors trigger a mechanism that ejects it from the vehicle.
—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Sep. 2025
As a supernova explosion ejects the outer layers of these stars, their stellar cores collapse.
—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
25 Aug. 2025
At Luxe Pack, the company highlighted two body mist sprayers – one that ejects a fine mist, for a luxurious product application, and another with a continuous mist.
—
Jennifer Weil,
Footwear News,
3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ejects
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Ezekiel Richardson outs himself as a spy for the Continental Army to Claire.
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Luckily, the king’s favorite wife, Esther, outs herself as Jewish.
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Sneezing forcefully expels mucus and airborne debris; reflexive blinking may help shield the eyes from contaminants moving upward across the face.
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This is the palette of the machine-made, that which is inhuman, and Duchamp would drive the point home in Coffee Mill (1911), a tiny painting of a grinder that expels a cascade of brown beans.
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De Borbon dismisses the accusations as coming from a small group of disgruntled owners.
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Bisignano dismisses the criticism.
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Gold is a safe-haven asset that investors gravitate toward when economic and political turmoil erupts, sending waves through the markets.
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Like Swift, Hubble is losing altitude as the sun erupts with one flare after another.
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Combined, the handful of upside surprises is making for a stronger-than-expected domestic box office and a promising foundation for the second half of the year as the industry chases pre-pandemic levels.
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Kylian Mbappé of France chases the ball during their match against Iraq.
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This week, Tyla gets in her feelings, Tierra Whack spits bars on a spritely beat, and Kelela slows it down on a lover’s lament that dates back to her debut album.
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In testing with an RTX 5090, DiffusionGemma spits out around 700 tokens per second.
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The Davines Heart of Glass Silkening Shampoo is a toning shampoo for blonde and gray hair that gently clarifies and banishes brassiness.
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With ingredients like pumice and 10% AHA (in the form of skin-brightening glycolic and lactic acids), the product effectively banishes dead skin and smooths out uneven sandpaper-like texture on the body.
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The sun also emits two other types of UV light – UVC (200-280 nm) and vacuum UV (100-200 nm) – but these are stopped by the atmosphere, so sunscreens do not typically need to be able to block them.
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The sun also emits two other types of UV light – UVC (200-280 nm) and vacuum UV (100-200 nm) – but these are stopped by the atmosphere, so sunscreens do not typically need to be able to block them.
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