let out
verb
let out; letting out; lets out
: to conclude a session or performance
school let out in June
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Calendars vary, with districts individually determining when school lets out.
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Sarah Perkel, USA Today, 1 May 2026
Gossett was jailed for his warrants after this traffic stop, only to be let out again and given yet another electronic monitoring device.
—Dave Savini, CBS News, 20 Apr. 2026
And how sometimes red knows that sometimes maybe blue knows that people need to let out their red a little bit.
—Adam Moss, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2026
Eric Billops was standing at a bus stop Wednesday afternoon as Hyde Park Academy High School was letting out for the day when witnesses told police another person in a school uniform came up to him, took a gun out of a book bag and started to fire.
—Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
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Sarah Perkel, USA Today, 1 May 2026
Gossett was jailed for his warrants after this traffic stop, only to be let out again and given yet another electronic monitoring device.
—Dave Savini, CBS News, 20 Apr. 2026
And how sometimes red knows that sometimes maybe blue knows that people need to let out their red a little bit.
—Adam Moss, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2026
Eric Billops was standing at a bus stop Wednesday afternoon as Hyde Park Academy High School was letting out for the day when witnesses told police another person in a school uniform came up to him, took a gun out of a book bag and started to fire.
—Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
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“Let out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/let%20out. Accessed 6 May. 2026.
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