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Almost the whole nation cast out again (11)

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I believe the answer is:

republished

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'almost the whole nation cast' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'out again' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'out' could be 'published' (I've seen this before) and 'published' is found within the answer.
'again' could be 're' (prefix meaning 'again') and 're' is located in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Another definition for republished that I've seen is " Issued again".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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