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
  • The producers were instantly high on the script and took the spec to market, where Netflix was blown away by the package and outbid multiple buyers.
    Justin Kroll, Deadline, 20 Oct. 2025
  • My whole team was blown away by the offerings that CEO Michelle Gass has put together, and the stock is way too cheap versus the innovation she’s brought to the party.
    Jim Cramer, CNBC, 19 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Flash flooding currents are strong and can sweep drivers off roadways.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 20 Oct. 2025
  • McLaren once looked like a shoo-in to sweep both the constructors’ title and drivers’ championship this year and likely finish with a 1-2 in the drivers’ standings, but the Dutchman and Red Bull have powered back impressively.
    Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Otherwise known as Bloody Face, Thredson's murderous actions, including skinning victims, were motivated by his search for a mother figure after being abandoned as a child.
    Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
  • The baby used her tail to smack the bird before taking it underwater, resurfacing to show boaters the bird had been skinned, the group said.
    Paloma Chavez, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Butchering an animal for meat — slaughtering cows, pigs, lambs — was an act of necessity, not pleasure.
    Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Giving up 1,700 terrorist hostages from Israel, basically create a potential pathway to statehood, because of an invasion two years ago that slaughtered Israelis, there's a lot here that still has to play out.
    NBC news, NBC news, 5 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The California team bested UNC 21-18.
    Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Dick Van Dyke‘s reign as the oldest-ever Daytime Emmy winner was short-lived as, just a year after the then-98-year-old actor won, the record was bested by 99-year-old Sir David Attenborough.
    Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 18 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In the end, Kate convinces the prime minister to bury both the sub and the Poseidon in concrete on the ocean floor, instead of it getting taken away.
    Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
  • To detect these elusive particles, scientists are working to build enormous instruments (neutrino observatories) in the quietest environments possible, such as deep underwater or buried in ice.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The Rockets, who surprisingly finished second in the West behind Oklahoma City last season, were dealt a tough blow over the summer, though, when point guard Fred VanVleet was lost for the season to a torn ACL suffered during a voluntary workout.
    Joe Vardon, New York Times, 22 Oct. 2025
  • The benchmark index is on track to finish 2025 almost 15% higher.
    Alex Harring, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2025
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“Edge (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/edge%20%28out%29. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.

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