removing term 'just-confirmed' from events

<?php

        // update the events that have a publish status only
        $args = array(
                'post_type' => 'event',
                'post_status' => array('publish', 'pending', 'draft', 'auto-draft', 'future', 'private', 'inherit', 'trash'),
                'numberposts' => -1,
                'suppress_filters' => 0,
        );


        /**
         * Since we need to match either one of the meta_queries, set the relation to OR
         */
        if ( !isset( $args['meta_query'] ) ) $args['meta_query'] = array( 'relation' => 'OR' );


        /**
         * NEED This one to select the ones that have recieved a UNIX timestamp at post creation
         */
        $args['meta_query'] = array_merge(
            $args['meta_query'] ,
            array(
                array(
                    'relation' => 'AND',
                       array(
                         'key' => 'import_date',
                         'value' => date( 'U' , strtotime("-7 days") ),
                         'type' => 'NUMERIC',
                         'compare' => '<='
                       ),
                    ),
                ),
        );

        /**
         * This one is needed to select the ones that have been updated or created through the dashboard with an ACF value
         */
        $args['meta_query'] = array_merge(
            $args['meta_query'] ,
            array(
                array(
                    'relation' => 'AND',
                       array(
                         'key' => 'import_date',
                         'value' => date( 'Ymd' , strtotime("-7 days") ),
                         'type' => 'DATE',
                         'compare' => '<='
                       ),
                    ),
                ),
        );

        /**
         * Get the ones that have a ticketstatus of 'just-confirmed'
         */
        $args['tax_query'] = array(
            'relation' => 'AND',
                array(
                    'taxonomy' => 'ticketstatus',
                    'field' => 'slug',
                    'terms' => array( 'just-confirmed' ),
                    'include_children' => true,
                    'operator' => 'IN',
                ),
        );

        $events = get_posts( $args );