walkaway

noun

walk·​away ˈwȯ-kə-ˌwā How to pronounce walkaway (audio)
: an easily won contest

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The big number: $2.25 million That’s roughly the walkaway money going to J.J. Spaun for winning the U.S. Open. Alex Sherman, CNBC, 19 June 2025 Despite the walkaway, CDCR said nearly all who leave such programs without permission are eventually apprehended — a rate of 99% since 1977, officials touted in the news release. Daniel Hunt, Sacbee.com, 16 June 2025 Though if Minnesota were to sell on the lower end, say for $1.5 billion, its walkaway number would be much lower unless the potential buyer agreed to absorb all of the debt, a scenario that is unlikely. Ken Rosenthal, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025 Donald Trump is suffering an historic descent in the campaign’s final days, an ongoing freefall that’s turning what looked like a walkaway for the former president into what’s most likely a Kamala Harris victory. Shawn Tully, Fortune, 2 Nov. 2024 Industry representatives have said there should be a distinction between walkaway deaths at those different types of facilities, but the Post investigation found that state investigators issue violations for failures in both types of settings after fatal wandering deaths. Douglas MacMillan, Washington Post, 25 Jan. 2024 The Post’s count of walkaway deaths included three at Brookdale facilities and one at a Sunrise facility. Christopher Rowland, Washington Post, 16 Jan. 2024 Training all staff to recognize the signs of dementia and to interact appropriately with people suffering from memory loss could help prevent walkaways. Steven Rich, Washington Post, 17 Dec. 2023 The first walkaway, in the summer of 1999, was with Ukrainian forward Dmitri Khristich, 30, who promptly signed with the Maple Leafs. Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 8 July 2023

Word History

First Known Use

1888, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of walkaway was in 1888

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“Walkaway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/walkaway. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.

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