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View definitions for ousted

ousted

adjective as in discharged

adjective as in dismissed

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adjective as in recalled

adjective as in removed

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Longtime Los Angeles Sheriff Civilian Oversight Commission chair Robert Bonner said he was ousted this summer as he and his commission made a forceful push for more transparency.

And the leader of the Senate has been ousted after it was found that a contractor who won a government bid was found to have donated money to his 2022 campaign, which is illegal.

From BBC

A key turning point came in June, when Kennedy ousted everyone on the CDC’s respected Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, which issues recommendations on who should receive various types of vaccines.

He ousted all members of an independent vaccine advisory committee before replacing them with several vaccine sceptics, and has narrowed recommendations for Covid-19 booster shots.

From BBC

The Houthis have controlled much of north-western Yemen since they ousted the country's internationally recognised government from there 10 years ago, sparking a civil war.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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