Examples of expulsion in a Sentence
The government engaged in mass expulsions.
the expulsion of air from the lungs
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While many viewers called for his expulsion online, he was dumped from the show in an act of typical game play on day 27.
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Daysia Tolentino, EW.com, 8 July 2025
The students were released into the custody of their parents and suspended, pending expulsion.
—Mirna Alsharif, NBC news, 27 June 2025
For these immigrants, 1492 held double significance: the year of Jews’ expulsion from Spain, as well as Columbus’ voyage of discovery.
—Flora Cassen, The Conversation, 27 June 2025
The geomagnetic storm is a coronal mass ejection (CME), which are large expulsions of plasma and magnetic field from the sun's atmosphere known as the corona, according to Space.com.
—Joyce Orlando, Nashville Tennessean, 25 June 2025
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Daysia Tolentino, EW.com, 8 July 2025
The students were released into the custody of their parents and suspended, pending expulsion.
—Mirna Alsharif, NBC news, 27 June 2025
For these immigrants, 1492 held double significance: the year of Jews’ expulsion from Spain, as well as Columbus’ voyage of discovery.
—Flora Cassen, The Conversation, 27 June 2025
The geomagnetic storm is a coronal mass ejection (CME), which are large expulsions of plasma and magnetic field from the sun's atmosphere known as the corona, according to Space.com.
—Joyce Orlando, Nashville Tennessean, 25 June 2025
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“Expulsion.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/expulsion. Accessed 19 Jul. 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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