as in sit-down
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Recent Examples of lock out
Ashley Belanger,
ArsTechnica,
4 June 2026
If the two Democrats lock out the GOP candidate, Steyer and Becerra will have to fight it out until November to convince California voters who might be a better choice to lead the state for four years.
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William Melhado,
Sacbee.com,
3 June 2026
Michael Kurko,
USA Today,
28 June 2026
The screen also has a lockout feature to keep pesky kids from burning themselves and making a mess on the counter.
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Joe Salas
june 28,
New Atlas,
28 June 2026
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Verb
Rate limiting, in which a set number of requests are allowed per account, would also lock out the account.
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Ashley Belanger,
ArsTechnica,
4 June 2026
If the two Democrats lock out the GOP candidate, Steyer and Becerra will have to fight it out until November to convince California voters who might be a better choice to lead the state for four years.
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William Melhado,
Sacbee.com,
3 June 2026
Noun
Roadside assistance is included, covering towing, flat-tire service and lockout support.
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Michael Kurko,
USA Today,
28 June 2026
The screen also has a lockout feature to keep pesky kids from burning themselves and making a mess on the counter.
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Joe Salas
june 28,
New Atlas,
28 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lock out
Verb
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Dominic Canzone and Randy Arozarena walked to load the bases with one out before Josh Naylor struck out swinging.
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The 64-year-old had come from Oklahoma with his wife and son to walk up the 56 steps next to Sinking Spring, a sinkhole opening to a karst aquifer from which Lincoln first drank.
Noun
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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.
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News in the sit-down, which was recorded on March 15.
Verb
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That meant three rounds of interviews, three onboarding cycles and three rounds of institutional knowledge walking out the door.
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So much has changed in the world since her last match at this tournament and yet everything felt so familiar when the now-44-year-old walked out on court to warm up for her first singles match since the US Open in 2022.
Noun
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That puts more pressure on new Fed Chair Kevin Warsh and his colleagues, a dissent-happy bunch over the past year, to consider whether a slowdown in jobs or an uptick in inflation is the bigger risk to the economy.
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Michelle Monaghan is making midlife look less like a slowdown and more like a second wind.
Noun
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What is notable about the Stanford walkout is not its size — 200 out of 6,000 is a small fraction — but its precision.
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In addition to the sleeping spaces, the multi-level villas include dining areas, kitchenettes with refrigerators and electric cook tops, fireplaces, walkout decks, and washers and dryers.
Noun
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The pilots’ job action was in protest of the Belgian government’s reforms to federal pensions.
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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.
Noun
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Last season, Maggie faced nursing union negotiations, culminating in a sick-out.
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Maggie’s major Season 10 storyline involved the tense nursing union negotiations at the hospital, which culminated in a sick-out.
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“Lock out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lock%20out. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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