COAX (OUT) Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

coax (out)

verb

Definition of coax (out)

as in to obtain

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In the initial complaint obtained by USA TODAY, Said claimed she was placed on an all-male team that included Gutman and two other crew members.

— Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2026
Only 15% had a criminal conviction, according to a Tribune analysis of federal data obtained by the research group Deportation Data Project.

— Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of obtain

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Data procured by Tarrant’s cameras is deleted after 30 days unless there’s reasonable cause to keep it longer.

— Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Sep. 2026
The same applies for the people in charge of generating the commercial content, as marketing departments aren’t in the habit of procuring sign-offs from their CEOs in advance of a campaign launch.

— Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of procure

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Aflac initially gained a bigger profile after introducing its duck mascot in 1999, in ads crafted by Kaplan Thaler Group, an independent agency that was eventually acquired by Publicis Groupe of France.

— Brian Steinberg, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026
For example, a South Florida cop trying to find a vehicle could search and find a person’s information from thousands of miles away in other states, a selling point that gained Flock dozens of law enforcement contracts, the Herald found.

— Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of gain

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At a normal concert, the first people in line rush to the barrier to secure the best viewpoint for the show.

— Caden Perry, jsonline.com, 4 Sep. 2026
And as part of a deal to secure export licenses for advanced chips from the US government, HUMAIN will not allow Chinese frontier AI models to be trained on its compute capacity.

— Kelsey Warner, semafor.com, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of secure

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Jackson’s availability was curbed by red cards at Chelsea — in Bruges, a barge and shirt pull with defender Han-Beom Lee suggested those flickers of fury and confrontation still burn.

— Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
When his brother pleads for help, Tariq is pulled back into the London criminal underworld and the dangerous orbit of their crime boss mother.

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of pull

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Turek is garnering 46% of the vote to Hinson’s 42%, while Libertarian candidate Thomas Laehn is getting 6%, and 6% of voters are undecided, according to the survey from Global Strategy Group conducted for Turek’s campaign.

— Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 9 Sep. 2026
However, when the UK is involved, things get more complicated.

— Danielle Rossingh, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of get

Verb

Gulliver incredulously witnesses people attempting to extract sunbeams from cucumbers and turn excrement back into edible food.

— Dónal Gill, The Dial, 8 Sep. 2026
As part of the investigation, those at Gamers Nexus were able to extract the names of the secondary devices as well as transcripts of private conversations people were having around the LG TV.

— Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of extract

Verb

Planning a trip between friends is like a game of chess, between coordinating schedules, budgets and other logistics that can drag on, no matter how fun the trip sounds.

— Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026
Any attempt to walk him ended with me dragged across the asphalt behind his drumstick legs.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2026

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