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as in to disperse
to cause (members of a group) to move widely apart
police used tear gas to clear out the demonstrators
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as in to escape
to get free from a dangerous or confining situation
everyone cleared out as soon as the fire alarm began sounding
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as in to depart
to leave a place often for another
the lunch crowd usually clears out by 2:00 p.m. at the latest
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Recent Examples of clear out
Short Creek had been through more than enough after Jeffs was cleared out of their compound.
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Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Apr. 2026
Caltrans says crews are clearing out 27 acres for a safety improvement project, but not all the neighbors are on board.
—Kayla Moeller, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026
Walk the perimeter and clear out anything that doesn’t belong.
—Kansas City Star, 6 Apr. 2026
On the handful of occasions in each game between them when Jokic catches at the elbow and his teammates clear out, an anxious hush invariably falls over a buzzing arena.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 5 Apr. 2026
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Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Apr. 2026
Caltrans says crews are clearing out 27 acres for a safety improvement project, but not all the neighbors are on board.
—Kayla Moeller, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026
Walk the perimeter and clear out anything that doesn’t belong.
—Kansas City Star, 6 Apr. 2026
On the handful of occasions in each game between them when Jokic catches at the elbow and his teammates clear out, an anxious hush invariably falls over a buzzing arena.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 5 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for clear out
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Unlike oil, which flows through pipelines and centralized infrastructure, gold production in southern Venezuela is dispersed across hundreds of small sites accessible only by river, dirt tracks or airstrips.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
9 Apr. 2026
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Additional works from the collection will be dispersed across a day sale and an online auction, all sourced from Goodman’s family and excluding artists currently represented by the gallery.—
Daniel Cassady,
ARTnews.com,
9 Apr. 2026
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Rather than escape, the sheepherder accepts his death.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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Police said another man and a woman escaped uninjured.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
13 Apr. 2026
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The small plane had just departed from Nantucket Memorial Airport (ACK) and was on its way to Boston when the issue occurred, according to news outlet Nantucket Current.—
Kelly McGreal,
FOXNews.com,
9 Apr. 2026
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The vessel was allegedly scheduled to depart on July 9, 2023, but in late June, the victims repeatedly asked for travel documents, per the affidavit.—
Colson Thayer,
PEOPLE,
9 Apr. 2026
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Tens of thousands fled by boat from Hue, many drowning in the attempt, and by the end of March a million refugees—soldiers, civilians, whole extended families—were clogging Route 7B, a major highway, trying to get farther south.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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More than 12 million have had to flee their homes, earning Sudan the unfortunate privilege of having the world’s worst displacement crisis.—
Nabih Bulos,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Apr. 2026
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The instinctive Moon moves through your 11th House of Shared Hopes, trining surprising Uranus in your talkative 3rd house.—
Tarot.com,
Baltimore Sun,
10 Apr. 2026
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Groundwater tests in 1992 reveal gasoline was moving towards the Morningside house.—
Ashley Miznazi,
Miami Herald,
9 Apr. 2026
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How to get out of an awkward situation in order to avoid booking that plane ticket back to New York, where nothing much awaits her, after conning her way into a stranger’s home?—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
9 Apr. 2026
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Officers followed the car to 18th Avenue near Oak Street, where the car finally stopped and a passenger got out and fled on foot.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
PEOPLE,
9 Apr. 2026
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McLean was sensational before exiting.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
10 Apr. 2026
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The rush of investors looking to exit private credit funds at Apollo, Blue Owl, Blackstone, BlackRock, and Cliffwater has hit unprecedented levels, raising the specter of prolonged pressure on the firms, The Wall Street Journal reported.—
Kelsey Warner,
semafor.com,
9 Apr. 2026
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Each destroyer is equipped with two SH-60 Sea Hawk helicopters that can fly out to ships that might be potentially approaching the blockade line and can provide visual identification of the approaching ship.—
Luis Martinez,
ABC News,
16 Apr. 2026
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The impact sent a baby’s car seat flying.—
Meredith Colias-Pete,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Apr. 2026
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“Clear out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clear%20out. Accessed 16 Apr. 2026.
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