MUSTERED OUT Synonyms: 41 Similar and Opposite Words

mustered out

verb

past tense of muster out

as in removed

to let go from office, service, or employment mustered out of the army at the end of the war

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Recent Examples of mustered out James Byrne was mustered out of the Army in 1866. — Richard Selcer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Dec. 2025

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Noem was appointed special envoy for the Shield of the Americas in March, after she was removed as homeland security secretary amid mounting scrutiny of her management of the department and the influence of her adviser, Corey Lewandowski.

— Olivia Gazis, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026
According to the Holy See Press Office, doctors removed the lower lobe of the pontiff's right lung during a procedure that lasted approximately 90 minutes.

— Brittany Miller, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026

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Williams argued that without a viable federal copyright claim, Hugo’s state-law claims involving breach of fiduciary duty and an incomplete accounting should also be dismissed, leaving him free to pursue those claims separately in state court.

— Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2026
Last weekend in Highland, Michigan, Rogers dismissed El-Sayed's attempts to whittle away at his GOP base of support.

— Aaron Navarro, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026

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And though his teammates were also lackadaisical when Daniels was sacked, the fact the quarterback went down with the ball in his hands with no timeouts in the first place is a real issue that Parsons believes trumps any other argument.

— Scott Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2026
The game ended when Herbert was sacked after the Chargers moved to the Broncos’ 40-yard line, and time expired.

— Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 12 Oct. 2026

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And as the most recent press secretary found out, you can be fired from the position just as quickly as you were hired.

— Chandelis Duster, NPR, 19 Oct. 2026
Police fired tear gas and water cannons to push back people wearing hoods and masks and throwing fireworks, paving stones and other objects at officers in the Place de la République, northeast of the Paris city center.

— SYLVIE CORBET, Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2026

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When released under conditions of acute stress, glucocorticoids power fight or flight by shunting metabolic energy away from processes such as digestion and toward the heart, lungs, brain and muscles.

— Maia Szalavitz, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
In Registan Square on Monday, Rubio’s Uzbek hosts released hundreds of pigeons into the sky and filled the vast space with local pop music.

— Reuters, NBC news, 20 Oct. 2026

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