ostracize

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Recent Examples of ostracize Looking toward the future, the former vice president has been ostracized from Trump’s orbit since his decision to certify the 2020 election results on Jan. 6, 2021. Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 10 Apr. 2025 This post-conflict version of China would become increasingly ostracized. Rana Mitter, Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025 More news: 49ers' All-Pro Trent Williams Has Made Decision on Retirement The emails showcased Gruden using racist, misogynistic, and homophobic slurs, resulting in him being ostracized from the NFL completely. Dan Perry, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025 Vance criticized Germany for ostracizing the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, which has used Nazi slogans and been designated an extremist group. Elizabeth Shackelford, The Mercury News, 26 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for ostracize
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  • Harry and Meghan have been criticized for making money out of projects that criticized the royal family, including through the multiyear, multimillion dollar Netflix deal that the Harry & Meghan documentary was part of.
    Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 June 2025
  • The document was quickly criticized for errors and citing studies that don’t exist, as first reported by NOTUS, a nonprofit, nonpartisan news site.
    Sandee LaMotte, CNN Money, 3 June 2025
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  • The pathogen is known as Fusarium graminearum, which can attack wheat, barley, maize and rice and sicken livestock and people, the FBI said in a court filing in Detroit.
    Ed White, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2025
  • After the quake evacuation, the inmates were still outside of the cells when a group suddenly attacked guards, seized their weapons, opened fire and fled, said Sindh Home Minister Ziaul Hassan.
    Brittany Williams, Arkansas Online, 4 June 2025

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“Ostracize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ostracize. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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