muster out

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Recent Examples of muster out After mustering out of the Army, Smith and others worked their way north and east to Utah, where other LDS members had settled. Bill Swank, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 July 2025 The Arkansas Mounted Rifles saw little service after the Battle of Buena Vista and were mustered out in June. Arkansas Online, 3 May 2025 So did General Saxton, who was peremptorily mustered out of service. Brenda Wineapple, New York Times, 20 Jan. 2025 Army veteran Christopher DeSanto served in Iraq, mustered out with physical and emotional issues, and became addicted to opiates prescribed by a doctor. Neal Rubin, Detroit Free Press, 13 Oct. 2024 That’s because its 3.5-liter V-6 can’t quite muster out 300 hp, a number that the rest of its peers exceed with ease. Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 10 May 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for muster out
Verb
  • Notre Dame fell 27-24 to Miami in the season opener, when Carr was sacked three times.
    Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Being sacked by Chelsea and then West Ham in less than three years is slightly different to winning league and European trophies and being a statue-level hero at three different clubs, or taking England to two major finals and making the national team likeable again.
    Nick Miller, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Officials urge residents to take precautions like using insect repellent and removing standing water.
    Caroline Neal, Louisville Courier Journal, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Yet, Barclays’ Venkateshwar expects the environment will likely get more difficult for the wireless carrier in the future, as the entire sector deals with elevated churn — the pace at which customers are added and removed.
    Sarah Min, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Seven of those charged previously pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor and prosecutors moved to dismiss their felony counts.
    Quinlan Bentley, Cincinnati Enquirer, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Olguin dismissed the case in 2022 after finding Elden’s claims were time-barred without addressing the substance of his allegations.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • When a horse retires, Dills said it is first offered to its handler and then to officers within the department.
    Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The big move by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway to buy the chemicals business of oil giant Occidental Petroleum for nearly $10 billion is a double win for Berkshire, analysts say, in Buffett’s potential swan song deal before retiring at the end of December.
    Jordan Blum, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • When the Braves failed to gain traction by early summer, the consensus among baseball observers was that Snitker wouldn’t be fired during the season.
    David O'Brien, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Arkansas coach Sam Pittman was fired Sunday, and defensive coordinator Travis Williams and co-defensive coordinator Marcus Woodson were dismissed Monday.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • According to figures from a housing assessment released this April, the median house value in Fayetteville has grown 275% in the last two decades, and the median gross rent has increased 78%.
    Juan Cordoba, Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2025
  • In the lead-up to the tournament, Argentina had played a series of friendlies without him, since Valencia refused to release him.
    Michael Cox, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2025

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“Muster out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/muster%20out. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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