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as in eradicated
to destroy all traces of
had spent most of her adulthood trying to black out memories of a wretched childhood
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as in darkened
to grow dark
with the delivery of the knockout punch, the screen blacks out, and in the next scene the boxer wakes up in the hospital
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as in fainted
to lose consciousness
blacked out after hitting her head on the beam
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Recent Examples of blacked out
Threats May Have Been Politically Motivated The arrest affidavit sent to Outside was heavily redacted, with the screenshots of Zabik’s Facebook messages blacked out.
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Frederick Dreier, Outside, 15 Jan. 2026
The majority of the slip-on is blacked out, including the placement of the Fragment logo above the foot.
—Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 12 Jan. 2026
The government also blacked out internet service, impacting Iranians living here in Chicago.
—Asal Rezaei, CBS News, 12 Jan. 2026
The predawn assault included strikes on key military facilities, while US cyber teams blacked out the lights in Caracas.
—J.d. Capelouto, semafor.com, 4 Jan. 2026
The Chiefs played at home that day against the Browns, and the game was blacked out in Kansas City because there wasn’t a sell-out at Arrowhead Stadium.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 3 Jan. 2026
The initial release of documents also showed several photos of former President Bill Clinton with women whose faces were blacked out.
—Arkansas Online, 1 Jan. 2026
Entire pages have been blacked out in some instances, with flimsy justification from the DOJ.
—Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 31 Dec. 2025
The initial release of documents also showed several photos of former President Bill Clinton with women whose faces were blacked out.
—Stephen Groves, Twin Cities, 31 Dec. 2025
Frederick Dreier, Outside, 15 Jan. 2026
The majority of the slip-on is blacked out, including the placement of the Fragment logo above the foot.
—Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 12 Jan. 2026
The government also blacked out internet service, impacting Iranians living here in Chicago.
—Asal Rezaei, CBS News, 12 Jan. 2026
The predawn assault included strikes on key military facilities, while US cyber teams blacked out the lights in Caracas.
—J.d. Capelouto, semafor.com, 4 Jan. 2026
The Chiefs played at home that day against the Browns, and the game was blacked out in Kansas City because there wasn’t a sell-out at Arrowhead Stadium.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 3 Jan. 2026
The initial release of documents also showed several photos of former President Bill Clinton with women whose faces were blacked out.
—Arkansas Online, 1 Jan. 2026
Entire pages have been blacked out in some instances, with flimsy justification from the DOJ.
—Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 31 Dec. 2025
The initial release of documents also showed several photos of former President Bill Clinton with women whose faces were blacked out.
—Stephen Groves, Twin Cities, 31 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blacked out
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Re-tooled with new signings, the defensive inadequacies and erratic finishing that had held the club back during his first campaign were eradicated.—
Zak Garner-Purkis,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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At the same time, the nation is seeing an increase in some diseases once considered eradicated here, particularly measles.—
Mike Danahey,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Jan. 2026
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At these delightfully divey watering holes, every visible surface is covered in dollars scribbled with the initials, anniversaries, hometowns, inside jokes, dates, or names of anyone who has darkened the doors of that particular bar over the past fifty years—or maybe just the past week.—
Skye Sherman,
Southern Living,
21 Jan. 2026
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Back then, Vine jokes, Harambe memes, and Snapchat filters could sweep through timelines in a way that made the internet feel weirdly communal, even as politics darkened the horizon.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
20 Jan. 2026
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His role also involved officially welcoming new signings, including when Eder Militao fainted at his presentation in July 2019.—
Dermot Corrigan,
New York Times,
14 Jan. 2026
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When the man fainted, the event came to an abrupt halt.—
Kyler Alvord,
PEOPLE,
31 Dec. 2025
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The Clippers erased a second double-digit deficit behind a 14-3 run to open the second quarter and took a 33-31 lead on Leonard’s pull-up jumper.—
Oc Register,
Oc Register,
28 Jan. 2026
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The decline erased more than $55 billion in market value.—
Bloomberg,
Twin Cities,
27 Jan. 2026
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After 66 Macy’s locations closed in 2025, approximately 350 of the iconic department stores remain.—
Desiree Anello,
PEOPLE,
10 Jan. 2026
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But a quagmire of launch delays, changes to mission plans and other quirks of timing left the orbiters without a ride when the last Mars transfer window closed in late 2024.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN Money,
8 Nov. 2025
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That provision paves the way for House Study Bill 550 that also passed out of the Iowa House subcommittee this week.—
Michael T. Nietzel,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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Adams was arrested about six blocks away from the station house on Tuesday night after a 911 caller reported there was a man dressed as a cop and passed out inside NYCHA’s Clinton Houses on Lexington Ave.—
Rocco Parascandola,
New York Daily News,
23 Jan. 2026
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Michigan community organizer William Lawrence, 35, who is running for Congress against GOP incumbent Tom Barrett, whose seat in the battleground state is rated as one most competitive congressional races this year by political forecasters, has explicitly called for ICE to be abolished.—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
29 Jan. 2026
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His successor, Jacques Chirac, briefly abolished it in 1986, but Mitterrand expeditiously revived it in 1989 upon his return to office.—
Tristan Bove,
Fortune,
27 Jan. 2026
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The Buckeyes benefited from a pair of penalties, including a face mask call on Colin Simmons that wiped out an incomplete pass on third-and-4.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
30 Aug. 2025
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The Buckeyes benefitted from a pair of penalties, including a face-mask call on Colin Simmons that wiped out an incomplete pass on third-and-4.—
Joe Reedy,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Aug. 2025
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“Blacked out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blacked%20out. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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