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Just like that, English banished from the United States (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

thus

'just like that' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'english banished from the united states' is the wordplay.
'english' becomes 'e' (abbreviation).
'banished from' is a deletion indicator.
'united states' becomes 'US' (abbreviation for the United States).
'the' with 'e' removed is 'th'.
'th'+'us'='THUS'

(Other definitions for thus that I've seen before include "'So, therefore (4)'" , "Shut (anag.)" , "Consequently" , "Like so" , "Therefore, hence" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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