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as in eradicating
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 darkening
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 fainting
to lose consciousness
blacked out after hitting her head on the beam
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Recent Examples of blacking out
In Singapore 2023, Williams driver Logan Sargeant retired from the race due to the extreme conditions, while Lance Stroll collapsed by his car after the race, near blacking out in high-speed corners.
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Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025
Just half a year earlier, in March 2024, a landslide in the Trou sans Fond had ruptured all three cables, throttling or even blacking out the internet in Côte d’Ivoire and 12 other countries.
—Samanth Subramanian, The Dial, 14 Oct. 2025
The last thing Ameilia Boodoosingh Gopie remembers before blacking out on the delivery table is holding her daughter, Allana, for the first time.
—Madeline Mitchell, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025
The other major station group blacking out Kimmel, Nexstar, did not immediately respond to CNN’s request for comment about its plans.
—Dan Heching, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2025
Taxes are rising, the economy is faltering, the power grid is blacking out, energy prices are skyrocketing, violent crime is rampant and unaudited non-profit funding in the billions creates the appearance of mismanagement at the best and corruption at the worst.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 17 Aug. 2025
Female victims were also more likely to report blacking out, with 74% reporting blacking out, compared to 51% of male victims, according to the study.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025
Just half a year earlier, in March 2024, a landslide in the Trou sans Fond had ruptured all three cables, throttling or even blacking out the internet in Côte d’Ivoire and 12 other countries.
—Samanth Subramanian, The Dial, 14 Oct. 2025
The last thing Ameilia Boodoosingh Gopie remembers before blacking out on the delivery table is holding her daughter, Allana, for the first time.
—Madeline Mitchell, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025
The other major station group blacking out Kimmel, Nexstar, did not immediately respond to CNN’s request for comment about its plans.
—Dan Heching, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2025
Taxes are rising, the economy is faltering, the power grid is blacking out, energy prices are skyrocketing, violent crime is rampant and unaudited non-profit funding in the billions creates the appearance of mismanagement at the best and corruption at the worst.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 17 Aug. 2025
Female victims were also more likely to report blacking out, with 74% reporting blacking out, compared to 51% of male victims, according to the study.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blacking out
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Washington’s cut to funding for a global vaccine alliance could undo decades of progress in the fight against malaria, just as several African nations approach eradicating the disease.—
Jeronimo Gonzalez,
semafor.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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The country built some of the world’s most futuristic highways and was early in eradicating malaria.—
The Atlantic,
The Atlantic,
29 Jan. 2026
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Simon also said that darkening retail doors can be filled by growing businesses as Life Time health clubs, House of Sports, which is a relatively new concept from Dick’s Sporting Goods, and space can be repurposed to mixed uses, including outdoor uses.—
David Moin,
Footwear News,
3 Feb. 2026
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Use room-darkening shades and blackout curtains to prevent light from seeping in to interrupt your shut-eye.—
Kylie Petty,
Better Homes & Gardens,
25 Jan. 2026
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Certain studies point to other variations as well—fainting and fever may be more common in women whereas palpitations may crop up more often in men.—
Erica Sloan,
SELF,
10 Feb. 2026
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Councilmember Curren Price, 75, was taken to the hospital Wednesday after fainting during a Black History Month event at City Hall.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Feb. 2026
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These services do all the work for you by actively monitoring and systematically erasing your personal information from hundreds of websites.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
6 Feb. 2026
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The price of bitcoin plunged more than 10% on Thursday, sinking the world's largest cryptocurrency to its lowest level since October 2024 and erasing sizable gains made since then.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
6 Feb. 2026
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Anthropic’s Claude has taken off in the enterprise while OpenAI’s ChatGPT has hit big with the masses, closing in on a billion users.—
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
13 Feb. 2026
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Chris Cotillo of MassLive first tweeted the sides were closing in on a deal.—
Evan Grant,
Dallas Morning News,
6 Feb. 2026
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Rosenior could be seen talking to him several times about his passing out from the back in the first half against West Ham on Saturday.—
Anantaajith Raghuraman,
New York Times,
3 Feb. 2026
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At the watch party on Broadway, onlookers stood shoulder to shoulder gazing up at several jumbotrons and singing and dancing to stave off the cold, with some passing out hot cocoa and hand warmers.—
Anthony Izaguirre,
Fortune,
2 Jan. 2026
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At the firm’s 2025 annual shareholders’ meeting, Levi’s board advised voting against a proposal to consider abolishing its DEI program and goals.—
Vicki M. Young,
Footwear News,
5 Feb. 2026
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Trump has repeatedly violated laws — for example, by firing hundreds of thousands of civil servants against their statutory protections and abolishing agencies created by Congress.—
Washington Post,
Washington Post,
3 Feb. 2026
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Nothing says happy Valentine’s Day like a collapsing birth rate.—
Kate Andrews,
Washington Post,
13 Feb. 2026
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The couple saw major flood damage during the same set of storms, with a wall collapsing and the house later condemned by the city.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
11 Feb. 2026
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“Blacking out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blacking%20out. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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