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verb

Definition of lock outnext
as in to walk

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lockout

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noun

as in sit-down

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Recent Examples of lock out
Verb
By the end of the year, all of Flock's law enforcement customers will also have to turn on a tool that aims to flag abnormal search behavior and lock out people until the searches are reviewed by an administrator. — Anna Schecter, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026 That most likely will not take place until long after the owners lock out the players in December, and when spring training and regular season games become increasingly at risk. — Dan Freedman, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Noun
Revenue was only around $8 billion at the time, and the league was enmeshed in controversy, from Spygate to concussion hearings to a pending lockout. — Will Leitch, Washington Post, 10 Sep. 2026 In March 2022, the two sides ended a 99-day lockout when MLB and the MLBPA ratified the new collective bargaining agreement. — Ryan Canfield Outkick, FOXNews.com, 8 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for lock out
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lock out
  1. walk
  2. sit-down
  3. walk out
  4. slowdown
  5. walkout
  6. job action
  7. sick-out
Verb
  • The walking path leads past the animals to the property’s three cabins, giving larger groups the option to stay close while still having their own space.
    — Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Some of my earliest memories are walking down the aerobridge with mum and getting to visit the flight deck.
    — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of walk
Noun
  • Ahead of the sit-down dinner and ceremony, guests such as Storm Reid, Christine Quinn, Jurnee Smollett, and Lukas Gage trickled in from the rainy outdoors over an hour or so, greeted inside with Casamigos cocktails, filet mignon canapés, and more.
    — Jamila Stewart, Vogue, 22 Mar. 2023
  • The seven new sit-down restaurants are serving an impressive mix of Italian, Eastern European, Brazilian, French and Mexican food.
    — Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 17 Mar. 2023
Definition of sit-down
Verb
  • Jackson, holding a laptop, appeared briefly on a neighbor’s surveillance camera before walking out of the frame.
    — Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 25 Sep. 2026
  • When the vendor’s leadership walks out the door, the context evaporates with them.
    — Thanh Pham, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of walk out
Noun
  • Despite recent calls from tech giants for a slowdown in AI development, capital expenditure on AI infrastructure remains on an expansion path, spanning data centers, chips, and power generation.
    — , CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Others have rejected calls for an AI slowdown, arguing that the risks are overstated and restrictions on AI research could cause China to outpace the United States.
    — Joe Walsh, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of slowdown
Noun
  • The finished walkout lower level opens to the pool with a sheltered area beneath the awning and a dedicated home gym.
    — Kaitlyn Keegan, Hartford Courant, 26 Sep. 2026
  • He, too, faced walkouts and many empty seats in the vast hall that holds delegations from almost two hundred member states.
    — Robin Wright, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of walkout
Noun
  • The pilots’ job action was in protest of the Belgian government’s reforms to federal pensions.
    — Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 15 Oct. 2025
  • The job action shut down the entirety of New Jersey Transit’s rail service, from the foothills of the Shawangunk Mountains in New York to Atlantic City — including, most notably, trains into and out of Pennsylvania Station in Manhattan.
    — Dan Barry, New York Times, 18 May 2025
Definition of job action
Noun
  • Last season, Maggie faced nursing union negotiations, culminating in a sick-out.
    — Claire Franken, TVLine, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Maggie’s major Season 10 storyline involved the tense nursing union negotiations at the hospital, which culminated in a sick-out.
    — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 28 Aug. 2025
Definition of sick-out

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“Lock out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lock%20out. Accessed 2 Oct. 2026.

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