knockouts

noun

plural of knockout
1
as in beauties
a lovely woman the cosmetics company wants a model who's a real knockout

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2
as in dazes
a temporary state of unconsciousness a splash of cold water brought the boxer out of his knockout

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3
as in dreams
something very good of its kind the band's new album is a knockout

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4
as in dolls
a physically attractive person only a few of the show's cast members are real knockouts

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Recent Examples of knockouts Malawi lost its final group match to Zambia 2-1 on Wednesday, but secured the group win with six points and a head-to-head tiebreaker over Nigeria, who also qualified for the knockouts. — Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 6 Aug. 2026 Silva is 6-1 in the promotion with four knockouts, and this is his second straight Noche UFC headline slot. — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2026 Tournament debutants Malawi, led by Temwa and Tabitha Chawinga, are on the cusp of the knockouts after a stunning opening win against 10-time champions Nigeria. — Emily Olsen, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026 Congo also advanced beyond the group stage and pushed England before eventually losing, while Curaçao was still in with a chance of making the knockouts going into its final group match. — James Robson, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2026 Unlike traditional combat sports, the competition was designed to evaluate a broader range of robotic capabilities rather than simply determining a winner through knockouts. — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 17 July 2026 Goals from Breel Embolo and Dan Ndoye either side of halftime then comfortably saw the Swiss past Algeria in the Round of 32 and marked the nation’s first win in the knockouts since 1938. — Ben Church, CNN Money, 7 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for knockouts
  1. beauties
  2. blackouts
  3. dreams
  4. dolls
  5. queens
  6. trances
  7. humdingers
  8. tens
Noun
  • Her method for transforming your summer beauties into lasting fall and holiday decor is straightforward, requiring just a few simple steps.
    — Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 3 Aug. 2026
  • California naturalist John Muir compared the two valleys’ beauties, but that was before Hetch Hetchy Valley was transformed by the O’Shaughnessy Dam into a massive reservoir.
    — Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2026
Definition of beauties
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  • The communkit gathering took place at a time residents in Havana and other areas of the island have a scarce few hours of electricity, if any, every day amid blackouts, as well as food and fuel shortages that have devastated the country’s economy.
    — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Malawi, an African nation, faced severe 18-hour blackouts after Tropical Storm Ana destroyed a major hydropower dam in 2022, crippling its grid and highlighting reliance on intermittent solar and expensive diesel.
    — Ken Silverstein, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of blackouts
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  • Many players are balancing school and side gigs like bartending and firefighting while chasing their athletic dreams.
    — Brittney Melton, NPR, 10 Aug. 2026
  • May this doll remind every child and every collector that dreams have no limits, excellence leaves a lasting imprint, and true greatness never goes out of style.
    — Alexis Mikulski Ruiz, VIBE.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of dreams
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  • Meanwhile, Karina has been the face of campaigns for luxury beauty, tourism, alcohol, footwear, food and beverages, coffeehouses, professional sports, sportswear, jewelry, technology, automobiles, eyeglasses, sunglasses, dolls and more.
    — Jeff Benjamin, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Stuff like Angel Reese saying black Barbie dolls didn't exist until the 2000s.
    — Zach Dean OutKick, FOXNews.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of dolls
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  • Clean water and advanced medicine, for example, are now commonplace across much of the developed world despite once being a luxury even kings and queens couldn’t reliably access.
    — Preston Fore, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Louisa Levy and Gina Fattore Crown Levy and Fattore the queens of hockey romance.
    — Matt Minton, Variety, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of queens
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  • Unlike in Cutud, participants are mostly female faith healers adhering not to vows but to mystic trances and possession.
    — H.M.A. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 10 July 2026
Definition of trances
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  • The book is full of many such humdingers.
    — Alexandra Petri, The Atlantic, 17 June 2026
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  • Connecticut amassed tens of billions of dollars in pension debt by not saving for these benefits for more than seven decades prior to 2011.
    — Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Summer break is officially over in Miami-Dade as tens of thousands of students get back to class for the first day of school on Thursday.
    — Morgan Rynor, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026
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