oust
verb (used with object)
to expel or remove from a place or position occupied.
had ousted
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past perfectof oust.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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And on Sunday, it was reported that Musk had ousted top officials at the U.S.
From Slate ● Feb. 3, 2025
He had ousted Mr Ravalomanana in a 2009 coup that was backed by the army.
From BBC ● Nov. 25, 2023
All four countries of the arid Sahel region, just south of the Sahara, are now run by military leaders after soldiers in Niger said on Wednesday night they had ousted President Mohamed Bazoum.
From Reuters ● Jul. 27, 2023
Without U.S. support, the government collapsed and the Taliban, which the U.S. had ousted decades before, retook control.
From Washington Times ● May 3, 2023
It had become more and more manifest, he said, as nationalism had ousted foreign influence.
From Boon, The Mind of the Race, The Wild Asses of the Devil, and The Last Trump; Being a First Selection from the Literary Remains of George Boon, Appropriate to the Times by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
