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Definition of cut outnext
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as in to die
to stop functioning the engine abruptly cut out

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as in to replace
to take the place of this ambitious new friend of hers seems to be cutting out people that she's known for years

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cut out

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adjective

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Recent Examples of cut out
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Indeed, as a company that caters to the most-fickle and fastest-moving customers that retailers have ever seen, Journeys has its work cut out for it. Jennie Bell, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2026 The gym where Abuja resident Ahmed Umar works installed solar panels, and switched its hours to operate in the early morning and late evening, cutting out the hottest part of the day to save on air conditioning. Light Oriye Tamunotonye, Christian Science Monitor, 3 Sep. 2026 If power to the facility cuts out, the physics of liquid metal provides passive cooling. Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 2 Sep. 2026 El-Sayed’s Jewish liaison will likely have their work cut out for them. Andrew Lapin, Sun Sentinel, 31 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for cut out
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cut out
Verb
  • About a quarter of the animals died either upon arrival or within days after, Jaros said.
    John Donegan LONG BEACH POST, Arkansas Online, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Her dying words to her brother Ned are her wish that her son be free to choose his own path.
    Rafael Motamayor, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • If these genes stop working, abnormal cells may survive and multiply.
    MD Published, Verywell Health, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Forward progress of a grass fire in Marin County has been stopped at more than 300 acres, crews said.
    Brandon Downs, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026
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  • The milestone journey, which departed California on September 7, 2026, and arrived in North Carolina on September 14 before being officially announced on September 18, was far more than a technical showcase.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 21 Sep. 2026
  • The problem is centered on certain frequencies at the FAA’s Philadelphia Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON), which manages aircraft arriving at and departing from airports across the region.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 21 Sep. 2026
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  • At the time, all but one of the furriers in the 1927 building had been replaced by music studios and the neighborhood was rough.
    Wendy Goodman, Curbed, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Who’s dismantling institutional conventions faster than those towers fell — and replacing them with his largely self-serving own.
    Rachel Marsden, Hartford Courant, 18 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • That meant there was no single office, agency or organization capable of addressing residents’ concerns, but a patchwork of agencies where responsibility is fragmented.
    Julia Vargas Jones, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2026
  • According to Tianmushan Laboratory, future versions will require a variable-cycle propulsion system capable of supporting both supersonic and subsonic flight efficiently.
    Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 20 Sep. 2026
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  • Integrators who fail to capture this recurring subscription layer may risk losing clients to IT-native MSPs.
    Robert Messer, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
  • The accords failed to stop the war, creating a frozen conflict with an ever-rising human toll that ultimately gave way to a full-scale invasion.
    David Brennan, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Lara said decisions by Allstate in 2022 and State Farm in 2023 to cease writing new home insurance policies were considered signs of a market in crisis.
    Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Sharma said the city would only end up paying for shortfalls if the Current ceased to exist and its properties went into foreclosure.
    Dylan Lysen, Kansas City Star, 16 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Like Portillo, who ended up selling to a private equity firm, Smith brought in a sponsor, Vestar Capital Partners, to scale the business and later exited to Flowers Foods for $795 million in January 2025.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2026
  • But Balogun has entered his prime and shouldn’t exit it anytime soon.
    Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026

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“Cut out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cut%20out. Accessed 23 Sep. 2026.

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