exile
noun
expulsion from one's native land by authoritative decree.
have exiled
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present perfectof exile.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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That said, all three might have exiled calamitous goalkeeper Mark Birighitti long before they did and Ross and Fox, at least, had some influence on the upholstering of the squad.
From BBC ● May 28, 2023
Crumb’s followed in the long line of artists and writers who have exiled themselves from America, but his life abroad feels far more circumscribed than most.
From New York Times ● Sep. 15, 2022
We don’t see what the planet looks like before humans leave, which means BNL could have exiled humans in an effort to curb the intelligence and growing dominance of animals.
From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2013
When Fleischer changed the seating chart in the briefing room last year, he could have exiled Thomas to the back row.
From Slate ● Jun. 7, 2010
What pleasure do you, who have exiled those paper tissue covers, take in that bouquet of dried ferns?
From Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. by Margaret Fuller
