let out
verb
let out; letting out; lets out
: to conclude a session or performance
school let out in June
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Police said an 11-year-old was struck by the car on Hilton Road as school was letting out at Green Street Academy.
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CBS News, 19 Feb. 2026
Some folks can only cry and let out their feelings while being moved by someone else’s story.
—Barton Goldsmith, AJC.com, 18 Feb. 2026
After the ball plunged through the net, Brunson let out a roar, strutted across the baseline, and headbutted the padded backstop beneath the hoop.
—Tom Kludt, Vanity Fair, 17 Feb. 2026
In 2023, Wendy Williams was diagnosed with frontotemporal lobe dementia and other neurological issues, but was let out of the facility to go to her father’s birthday celebrations last February.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 17 Feb. 2026
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CBS News, 19 Feb. 2026
Some folks can only cry and let out their feelings while being moved by someone else’s story.
—Barton Goldsmith, AJC.com, 18 Feb. 2026
After the ball plunged through the net, Brunson let out a roar, strutted across the baseline, and headbutted the padded backstop beneath the hoop.
—Tom Kludt, Vanity Fair, 17 Feb. 2026
In 2023, Wendy Williams was diagnosed with frontotemporal lobe dementia and other neurological issues, but was let out of the facility to go to her father’s birthday celebrations last February.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 17 Feb. 2026
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“Let out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/let%20out. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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