edge (out)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for edge (out)
Verb
  • LaMalfa thinks the federal government should keep its nose out of states’ electoral business.
    Michelle Cottle, Mercury News, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Peter was in the booth with Herbstreit the other weekend, paws up and nose out.
    Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • We were honestly blown away that Hailee captured it.
    Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 11 Nov. 2025
  • Earnings just blew away estimates and quarterly revenue was about $200 million dollars more than expected.
    Brian Sullivan, CNBC, 10 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • His rule finally came to an end in 1998 after the Asian financial crisis threw the country into economic turmoil, prompting widespread protests and forcing Suharto to resign – one of the last people power movements to sweep Southeast Asia and replace a Cold War-era autocrat with democracy.
    Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 11 Nov. 2025
  • Last week, Democrats swept the board in off-year elections across the country.
    Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 11 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • All of them knew how to skin a deer.
    Jamie Thompson, The Atlantic, 6 Nov. 2025
  • But, in market, each one is skinned differently and matched with unique-to-OEM services.
    Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Apart from Ciri, who assumed the fake name Falka and spent the season with the group, the Rats are extremely dead — not just slaughtered by Leo Bonhart but decapitated with each of their heads sawed off and dumped into a barrel for preservation.
    Scott Meslow, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Despite the fact ostrich feathers can be harvested without slaughtering, Collective Fashion Justice published research in 2023 that found all ostrich feather production systems ultimately kill the bird.
    Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Orders jumped 21% to 776 million, besting estimates of 770 million.
    Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Additionally, Nicone Dragone bested Amira Garza with 51% of the vote to become the city treasurer.
    Darcie Moran, Freep.com, 5 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • There is no dignity, and no justice, in a system that buries an elderly woman alive in silence.
    Kim Aris, Time, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Researchers at Queen Mary University of London and University College London have found that humans can detect objects buried in sand without directly touching them.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • The Islanders finished the night shooting 32% from the field, including 7% on 3-pointers.
    Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 12 Nov. 2025
  • Making winning plays, finishing at the rim, and fighting his tail off defensively.
    Hunter Bailey, Charlotte Observer, 12 Nov. 2025
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“Edge (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/edge%20%28out%29. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.

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