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ouster

[ou-ster]

noun

  1. expulsion or removal from a place or position occupied.

    The opposition called for the ouster of the cabinet minister.

  2. Law.

    1. an ejection or eviction; dispossession.

    2. a wrongful exclusion from real property.



ouster

/ ˈʊə /

noun

  1. property law the act of dispossessing of freehold property; eviction; ejection

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of ouster1

1525–35; < Anglo-French, noun use of infinitive See oust
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Despite Welsh Labour having a landslide general election result, several Welsh ministers resigned to force Gething's ouster, prompting the rise of Morgan as first minister.

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Feminists demanded the ouster of Vargas, who also faced allegations of physical abuse from a former female companion.

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Waltz's ouster was somewhat expected after he shouldered the blame for adding The Atlantic's editor-in-chief to a sensitive group chat about attack plans in Yemen.

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Trump urged Powell’s ouster to cut interest rates to soften the economic blow of his tariff plan in a Thursday post to Truth Social and went on to call for the chair's ouster.

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In neighbouring Syria, the ouster of Bashar al-Assad's regime has disrupted the route used by Iran, its main supporter, for the supply of weapons and money.

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