FALLEN OUT Synonyms: 62 Similar and Opposite Words

fallen out

verb

past participle of fall out

as in argued

to express different opinions about something often angrily club members were soon falling out about how to spend the money they'd made washing cars

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as in evolved

to come to be I had planned to have a sports career, but things fell out otherwise

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Recent Examples of fallen out Mann has fallen out of the Hornets’ main rotation, appearing in just 30 of the Hornets’ 51 games. —

Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 5 Feb. 2026 The bottom has since fallen out of that market. —

Peter Debruge, Variety, 4 Feb. 2026 And yet, despite the tenor of much political commentary right now, the bottom has not yet fallen out of his Presidency. —

Susan B. Glasser, New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2026 In fact, there are a few materials and finishes that design experts say have officially fallen out of favor in 2026. —

Helena Madden, Martha Stewart, 28 Jan. 2026 After a prolonged and public contract negotiation over the summer, Kuminga began the season in the starting lineup but had fallen out of the rotation entirely as the Warriors began to play their best basketball, going 12-4 in 16 games since his last appearance, a brief stint in a loss at Phoenix. —

Evan Webeck, Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2026 Data centers have fallen out of favor in many places where theyâ€™re being built due to concerns about their energy and water usage. —

semafor.com, 21 Jan. 2026 He’s seemingly fallen out of the Spurs’ rotation and is the second-most expensive option here. —

Hunter Patterson, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2026 Gagnon's was the second trade proposal authored by a major outlet Wednesday, in which the Raiders receive incoming draft compensation as part of the acquisition of a quarterback with once high expectations who has fallen out of favor with his current organization. —

Max Dible, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025

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Some board members who voted no said the district had not sufficiently demonstrated that broad layoff notices were the most responsible or strategic option and argued that the analysis did not fully account for the operational and human consequences of issuing RIF notices at that scale.

— Teresa Liu, Daily News, 18 Feb. 2026
The war enters its fifth year this month, and Kyiv is in a stronger position than at the start of 2025, a Carnegie Endowment expert argued in Foreign Affairs.

— Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 17 Feb. 2026