as in to eject
to force (someone) to leave a place
His landlord has threatened to evict him if he doesn't pay the rent soon. They were evicted from their apartment.
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Recent Examples of evict
Reilly failed to finish in her allotted 1 minute and 30 seconds and was immediately evicted.
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Marc Berman, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
The White Settlement City Council, led by Council Members Elzie Clements and Paul Moore, voted to evict Browser from the library in June 2016, according to past Star-Telegram reporting.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Sep. 2025
In August, Richards claimed that Phypers was getting evicted from their Calabasas home after failing to pay rent.
—Liza Esquibias, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
When Ilene Tony and her family were evicted from their Sacramento apartment in 2015, they were given three days to either pay rent or get out.
—Theresa Clift, Sacbee.com, 2 Sep. 2025
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Marc Berman, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
The White Settlement City Council, led by Council Members Elzie Clements and Paul Moore, voted to evict Browser from the library in June 2016, according to past Star-Telegram reporting.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Sep. 2025
In August, Richards claimed that Phypers was getting evicted from their Calabasas home after failing to pay rent.
—Liza Esquibias, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
When Ilene Tony and her family were evicted from their Sacramento apartment in 2015, they were given three days to either pay rent or get out.
—Theresa Clift, Sacbee.com, 2 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for evict
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The fan was immediately ejected from Gainbridge Fieldhouse by security.—
Allison Smith,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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What the law changes Before SB 2929, referees and judges had to issue a verbal warning before ejecting a spectator.—
Tiffani Jackson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
16 Sep. 2025
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Upon death, players are banished back to their last save space, many of which need to be unlocked with rosaries.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
19 Sep. 2025
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The TheraFace Depuffing Wand works its temperature-changing magic to banish puffiness and add brightness.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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There is a long history of tumult in American cricket, with USA Cricket Association - the previous governing body - expelled in 2017 after being suspended three times before that.—
Tristan Lavalette,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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It's being reported that this demon who danced on Charlie Kirk's grave has been expelled from Texas Tech.—
Jordan King,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Sep. 2025
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This adds to anticipation over whether the judge will decide that the case can proceed in Delaware and if dismissed, will the Macrons appeal or refile elsewhere.—
Brendan Cole,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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In court filings, Burnell has argued the council lacks the legal basis to sue and asked for the claims to be dismissed.—
Killian Baarlaer,
Louisville Courier Journal,
18 Sep. 2025
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An immigration judge has ordered Mahmoud Khalil to be deported to Algeria or Syria, according to court documents filed Wednesday.—
Ross O'Keefe,
The Washington Examiner,
18 Sep. 2025
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The judge temporarily barred the administration from transferring, repatriating, removing or otherwise facilitating the transport of any of the 76 Guatemalan children immigration authorities had tried to deport in the middle of the night over the Labor Day weekend.—
Suzanne Gamboa,
NBC news,
18 Sep. 2025
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How a state comes to control another land and its people, sometimes slowly dispossessing the natives of their lands, sometimes laying waste to them, sometimes committing genocide.—
Philip Metres
August 27,
Literary Hub,
27 Aug. 2025
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The initial loss of communal land places those dispossessed into precarity.—
Taeya Boi-Doku,
JSTOR Daily,
21 Aug. 2025
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The Cultural Revolution then saw universities closed or radically repurposed, graduate training halted, and many scientists exiled to the countryside for farmwork.—
Scott Montgomery,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Now exiled and barred from returning to her home country, Asayesh has become a symbol of artistic resistance for her outspoken stance on human rights.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
15 Sep. 2025
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Pablo López raced off the mound, chasing after a ball that deflected off of his foot.—
Betsy Helfand,
Twin Cities,
20 Sep. 2025
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Multiple patrol cars chasing the vehicle then stopped ahead of the broken barrier, before officers could be seen getting out of their cars to assess the situation.—
Becca Longmire,
PEOPLE,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Evict.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evict. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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