- present participle of oust.
ousting
Example Sentences
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The outage deepens a pre-existing economic headache for Magyar, who is under pressure to reduce a fiscal deficit and boost growth after ousting long-serving premier Viktor Orbán in April.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Brazilian Joao Havelange was the last person to unseat a Fifa president in an election, ousting Sir Stanley Rous in 1974.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
He called her chances of ousting Pratt “dastardly remote ... but it’s not impossible.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026
The firm’s requests, meanwhile, don’t include extreme changes like selling the company or ousting CEO Dylan Field.
From Barron's ● May 28, 2026
The sandblasters have been here, the skylight people; inside, the benjamina trees and tropical climbers have taken over, ousting the mangy African violets once nurtured on kitchen windowsills.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
