LEAK OUT Synonyms: 23 Similar and Opposite Words

leak (out)

verb

ˈlēk

Definition of leak (out)

as in to spread

to become known the candidate's campaign didn't want his choice of a running mate to leak out before an official announcement was made

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Thatâ€™s $280 billion from firms like Singaporeâ€™s Bitdeer, Australiaâ€™s Graphinex, Belgiumâ€™s UCB, South Koreaâ€™s Korea Zinc, and Japanâ€™s Isuzu Motors, spread across more than 345 projects.

— Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 16 Oct. 2026
The company’s new Aura software measures hive health, pollen counts, and pesticide prevalence across its 2,200 hives spread around more than 70 cities.

— Drew Robb, Time, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of spread

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From here, heated water is circulated to fan coil units (FCUs) to circulate warm air throughout the poultry house.

— Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
The utility recommends setting air conditioners to 78 degrees, closing curtains during peak sun hours and using fans to circulate the air.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of circulate

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Speakers urge early votes A series of speakers on stage pushed a message to get out the vote ahead of the midterm elections in November.

— Dominick Williams, Kansas City Star, 17 Oct. 2026
Over the next five years, with the loss of conference championship games, the network would pay for those leagues to get out of marketing agreements, along with the revenue generated from those same conference title weekends.

— Trey Wallace OutKick, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of get out

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Believe it or not, there was once an open question about whether the money to pay college athletes would come out of the pocket of their million-dollar coaches.

— Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 19 Oct. 2026
But the trolls really come out of the woodwork when that hunter happens to be a country music star.

— Amber Harding OutKick, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of come out

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When news got around that a new movie version of Sense and Sensibility was in the works, cries of dismay rang forth from Bath to Brooklyn.

— Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 16 Oct. 2026
Tax-aware long-short strategies get around this by adding leverage on both the long and short side of an existing portfolio, with the investor buying more positions and increasing the number of potential losses to harvest.

— Eric Rosenbaum, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026

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