exited

verb

past tense of exit
1
as in departed
to leave a place often for another in case of fire, exit from the building in a calm and orderly fashion

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2
as in died
to stop living expressed her wish to exit surrounded by family and friends

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Recent Examples of exited Janai Norman exited the program in April after her contract was not renewed. — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2026 Martin Herlihy, who previously appeared on-screen for four seasons as a member of Please Don’t Destroy and worked in the writers room on Season 51, has also exited the show. — Selome Hailu, Variety, 9 Sep. 2026 Sánchez allowed two runs in the sixth inning of Game 1 of the 2025 NLDS but still exited with a lead. — Matt Gelb, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026 Police said Warburton exited the home and surrendered after about 90 minutes of negotiations. — Richard Ramos, CBS News, 8 Sep. 2026 The Bartons, who were traveling in the F-150, and a 12-year-old passenger of the Traverse, exited the vehicles and were standing on the roadway when they were struck by another vehicle. — Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Sep. 2026 The Falcons exited roster cutdown day with only three outside linebackers, but their collective depth along the front seven appears healthy and full of bodies. — Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 8 Sep. 2026 Would-be director Christopher Landon also exited, and the sequel was ultimately rebuilt around Neve Campbell’s Sidney Prescott. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 7 Sep. 2026 All six people on board, including the two pilots, safely exited the aircraft. — Denis Akbari, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for exited
  1. departed
  2. died
  3. moved
  4. fell
  5. went
  6. perished
  7. got
  8. fled
Verb
  • After his namesake business went into administration in May 2024 and Leane departed that August, the designer took time to recalibrate.
    — Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Craig Mulholland, the head of development and talent management, departed at the end of the season to take on a new role as chief football officer at the Scottish FA.
    — Paul Taylor, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of departed
Verb
  • On September 9, the Prince of Wales will represent the British royal family at the funeral of King Harald V of Norway, who died at 89 years old on August 28.
    — Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Dotson was taken to a hospital and died about nine hours after he was shot.
    — Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of died
Verb
  • Michigan was 80 yards from the end zone with 10 seconds remaining and hadn’t moved the ball at all since its first drive.
    — Austin Meek, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Had moved from my very small town in northern Va to the big city of Richmond to begin my new career as a management trainee with a local bank at the princely sum of $11,000 per year at age 22.
    — Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of moved
Verb
  • The goal came after Furuhashi got loose on a breakaway up the middle of the pitch, only to be felled by New England’s Will Sands in the center of the box, leaving referee Drew Fischer with an easy penalty call.
    — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Mosaic terrazzo floors with a palm motif are nods to both Tiberius’s villas here and the Ethiopian palm that once stood like an icon outside the hotel, which was felled by a storm in the 1960s.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of fell
Verb
  • Even the odd chance to counter-attack went badly wrong — summed up by the sight of Ouattara almost knocking over team-mate Mikkel Damsgaard with a wayward pass.
    — Stuart James, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • After that, Brown went silent, not answering any of Redding’s phone calls or text messages.
    — Avni Trivedi, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of went
Verb
  • Of the 2,977 people who perished on 9/11, 2,753 were lost in the collapse of the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center after two hijacked jetliners smashed into them.
    — Mike Kelly, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Four women and an infant are among the victims who perished, the organization confirmed to The Independent.
    — Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of perished
Verb
  • The rationale being that Frank Lampard got his tactics spot on at the Etihad and on another day – a day when Coventry were more decisive in front of goal – their head coach would have been celebrating an unlikely result.
    — Stuart James, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • The Niners left California last Wednesday, arrived in Australia on Friday and were set for their first practice of game week on Monday at AAMI Park in Melbourne feeling mostly refreshed after players got a day to explore the city.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of got
Verb
  • At the time, Tiafoe was the most talented 10-year-old there, the son of the head maintenance guy, Constant Tiafoe, who had fled civil war in Sierra Leone with his wife.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • The assignment went from facilitating the movement of vehicles over the bridge to securing it as people fled from Manhattan over the bridge on foot.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 11 Sep. 2026
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