Examples of clear out in a Sentence
police used tear gas to clear out the demonstrators
everyone cleared out as soon as the fire alarm began sounding
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Research published in Nature Astronomy in April 2025 used this to look at the material in space close to the sun and map out structures in the Local Bubble, a region of space surrounding the sun where ancient supernovae cleared out much of the gas.
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Phil Plait, Scientific American, 15 May 2025
Garlic skins tend to get stuck in the holes of most presses, but the little ridged grid on this one flips down and clears out everything in one go.
—Francesca Krempa, Bon Appetit Magazine, 8 May 2025
Most blocks have signs indicating that, for a ninety-minute period on different days of the week, the cars on one side of the street must clear out to allow the street sweeper to go by.
—Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
Following the devastation of seeing Damian Lillard go down with a torn Achilles in Sunday’s Game 4, the Milwaukee Bucks’ home locker room at Fiserv Forum quickly cleared out.
—Sam Amick, New York Times, 1 May 2025
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Phil Plait, Scientific American, 15 May 2025
Garlic skins tend to get stuck in the holes of most presses, but the little ridged grid on this one flips down and clears out everything in one go.
—Francesca Krempa, Bon Appetit Magazine, 8 May 2025
Most blocks have signs indicating that, for a ninety-minute period on different days of the week, the cars on one side of the street must clear out to allow the street sweeper to go by.
—Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
Following the devastation of seeing Damian Lillard go down with a torn Achilles in Sunday’s Game 4, the Milwaukee Bucks’ home locker room at Fiserv Forum quickly cleared out.
—Sam Amick, New York Times, 1 May 2025
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“Clear out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clear%20out. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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