Examples of expulsion in a Sentence
The government engaged in mass expulsions.
the expulsion of air from the lungs
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In the summer of 1972, the country's leader, Idi Amin, ordered the mass expulsion of Asians, giving Kishor 90 days to leave Uganda.
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Brittney Melton, NPR, 27 Feb. 2025
The expulsions of the Barnard students were disclosed Saturday by Columbia University Apartheid Divest.
—Emma Tucker, CNN, 27 Feb. 2025
Two hundred fifty people packed the communal dining hall at Nir Oz—the start of a campaign against the expulsion of the Bedouin and the Israeli settlement in the Sinai and Gaza.
—Gershom Gorenberg, The Atlantic, 26 Feb. 2025
The expulsions were made public by the Columbia University Apartheid Divest, a group that calls on Columbia University to divest from any association with Israel.
—Louis Casiano, Fox News, 24 Feb. 2025
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Brittney Melton, NPR, 27 Feb. 2025
The expulsions of the Barnard students were disclosed Saturday by Columbia University Apartheid Divest.
—Emma Tucker, CNN, 27 Feb. 2025
Two hundred fifty people packed the communal dining hall at Nir Oz—the start of a campaign against the expulsion of the Bedouin and the Israeli settlement in the Sinai and Gaza.
—Gershom Gorenberg, The Atlantic, 26 Feb. 2025
The expulsions were made public by the Columbia University Apartheid Divest, a group that calls on Columbia University to divest from any association with Israel.
—Louis Casiano, Fox News, 24 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for expulsion
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“Expulsion.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/expulsion. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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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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