as in dismissed
to drive or force out
kicked out of the game for using bad language
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Recent Examples of kicked out
Staff identified the man in the video as the same person who had been kicked out the previous evening, officials said.
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Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 1 May 2026
Mehdizadeh said Benji's been spotted dancing on TikTok and even getting kicked out of a mall.
—Kaicey Baylor, CBS News, 30 Apr. 2026
This was controversial to the public, though, with many feeling that Pluto had been demoted in a dishonorable sense, unjustly kicked out of the club of astronomical objects that people actually care about.
—Frank Landymore, Futurism, 29 Apr. 2026
Roosevelt didn’t get wise until a decade later, at which point he was kicked out without a degree.
—Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 27 Apr. 2026
Neighbors described the victim as a mainstay in the community, friendly and generous to regular customers, and the shooter as someone who’d been kicked out of the store before.
—Rebecca White, New York Daily News, 26 Apr. 2026
On his show Monday, Jones vowed to fight the licensing proposal in court but acknowledged he and his crew could be kicked out of the building at the end of the month.
—Dave Collins, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2026
Punk tried to pin Reigns, but Reigns kicked out again.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 20 Apr. 2026
While at Hewlett High, he and a friend were kicked out for ripping a bong hit in the dean’s bathroom.
—Steve Bloom, Rolling Stone, 20 Apr. 2026
Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 1 May 2026
Mehdizadeh said Benji's been spotted dancing on TikTok and even getting kicked out of a mall.
—Kaicey Baylor, CBS News, 30 Apr. 2026
This was controversial to the public, though, with many feeling that Pluto had been demoted in a dishonorable sense, unjustly kicked out of the club of astronomical objects that people actually care about.
—Frank Landymore, Futurism, 29 Apr. 2026
Roosevelt didn’t get wise until a decade later, at which point he was kicked out without a degree.
—Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 27 Apr. 2026
Neighbors described the victim as a mainstay in the community, friendly and generous to regular customers, and the shooter as someone who’d been kicked out of the store before.
—Rebecca White, New York Daily News, 26 Apr. 2026
On his show Monday, Jones vowed to fight the licensing proposal in court but acknowledged he and his crew could be kicked out of the building at the end of the month.
—Dave Collins, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2026
Punk tried to pin Reigns, but Reigns kicked out again.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 20 Apr. 2026
While at Hewlett High, he and a friend were kicked out for ripping a bong hit in the dean’s bathroom.
—Steve Bloom, Rolling Stone, 20 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for kicked out
Verb
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The Red Sox had never fired a manger in-season since John Henry purchased the team in 2002, and throughout the franchise’s existence no manager had ever been dismissed midseason so early in the campaign.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
26 Apr. 2026
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Last year, dozens of experts who provided independent evaluations for biomedical research were dismissed from National Institute of Health science review boards.—
National Correspondent,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Kevin Durant waving bye to Deandre Ayton after he was ejected from the game.—
Dan Woike,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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Authorities said the driver was ejected from the vehicle and pronounced dead at the scene.—
Steve Maugeri,
CBS News,
27 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Bo Bichette led off the bottom of the first with a home run against right-hander Zack Littell, and the Mets chased him from the game in the fourth inning.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
29 Apr. 2026
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Officers briefly chased the suspect through Highland Park, but backed off.—
Matthew Rodriguez,
CBS News,
28 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Since whistleblowers outed OpenAI’s mistake, cops have gotten access to the shooter’s logs, but families and their legal team have not, Edelson confirmed.—
Robert Pearlman,
ArsTechnica,
29 Apr. 2026
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Some of these pictures show him at an event in Birmingham with Black Box theater colleagues and attended by officials of UK actors union Equity just a few weeks before he was outed by Norwood’s anonymous tipper.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
16 Apr. 2026
Verb
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By the end of that show, the anxiety and isolation that freight life in the closet had burned away, leaving a happy, hopeful ending in place of familiar narrative disaster; love is found, secrecy is banished, and all is well.—
Alexandra Schwartz,
New Yorker,
24 Apr. 2026
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Something’s lost in the translation, but with dazzling costumes, hyper-energetic singing and dancing and joyful spirit filling the Nederlander, quibbles end up banished beyond the flats.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
20 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Both will be surrounded by streaks of bright, reflective material that were cast out during the violent asteroid impacts that formed the craters.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
3 Apr. 2026
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Who would cast out the kind of characters that Tucker Carlson and company are encouraging?—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
6 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Nearly 80% of Hungary’s electorate turned out to turn Orban out.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 Apr. 2026
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Passero noted that his staff determined areas of concern nevertheless turned out to be fully code complaint, while others required relatively minor work.—
Don Stacom,
Hartford Courant,
29 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Police said after the crash, the group ran off and one of the people fired shots at officers and an officer fired shots back.—
Asal Rezaei,
CBS News,
25 Apr. 2026
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The killer ran off east on Eastern Parkway and has not been caught.—
Emma Seiwell,
New York Daily News,
20 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Kicked out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kicked%20out. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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