Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com

deportations

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

"Enforced returns", which includes deportations, means the government arranges transport to return people to a different country.

From BBC • Jun. 29, 2026

Eight buses commissioned by the Malawian government began moving its citizens on Sunday, with South Africa providing 10 additional buses to speed up deportations, the committee said.

From Barron's • Jun. 14, 2026

The judge says the court hasn’t removed Judge Ramon Ocasio, who has written on racial justice, the Civil Rights Act and mass deportations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

Meanwhile, deportations from the U.S. to El Salvador in the first three months of this year roughly doubled from 2025, the Associated Press reported.

From Salon • May 29, 2026

The deportations continued and the ghetto began to seem like a ghost town.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman