as in to find
to come upon after searching, study, or effort
independent investigators eventually nosed out proof of White House wrongdoing
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Recent Examples of nose out
With his occasionally brusque manner, his maniacal secrecy about team selection and his refusal to explain his tactical decisions, Luis Enrique put a few noses out of joint in the French media.
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Tom Williams, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
Shelving the movie put noses out of joint with talks of a potential tax write-down.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 31 Mar. 2025
Shelving the movie put noses out of joint with talks of a potential tax write-down.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 19 Mar. 2025
Mahomes has mostly kept his nose out of trouble during the 2024 season.
—Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 17 Jan. 2025
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Tom Williams, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
Shelving the movie put noses out of joint with talks of a potential tax write-down.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 31 Mar. 2025
Shelving the movie put noses out of joint with talks of a potential tax write-down.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 19 Mar. 2025
Mahomes has mostly kept his nose out of trouble during the 2024 season.
—Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 17 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nose out
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For Canyon Crest Academy Foundation, the audit found discrepancies between the foundation’s own records and previously audited balances and filed tax returns.—
Kristen Taketa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Aug. 2025
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The Chargers then worked this offseason to find options on the outside to complement McConkey, including drafting Harris and Lambert-Smith.—
Daniel Popper,
New York Times,
6 Aug. 2025
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Emil Michael, the under secretary of Defense for research and engineering, said Russia’s more than three-year invasion of Ukraine has shown the new trajectory of warfare, one that the U.S. and the rest of the world is learning from.—
Ellen Mitchell,
The Hill,
16 Aug. 2025
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Jacob Riis tenants learned from this cautionary tale, voting overwhelmingly against privatization.—
Stacy Torres,
New York Daily News,
16 Aug. 2025
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Phony, which Hulu ordered as a pilot in October 2024, centers on Sonny (Nivola), a high school student who wakes up in the hospital after a car accident and discovers his mom, Ellen (Britton), has seemingly been replaced by an impostor.—
Rick Porter,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Aug. 2025
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There ended up being a fire in the shop, and police discovered the victims (again, content warning for a violent crime), naked, tied up, burned, shot in the head with at least one of them having been raped.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
Verb
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This nursery is located in Fulton, near Santa Rosa.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
16 Aug. 2025
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This involves searching for, locating, identifying and returning the remains of missing service members to their families.—
Jade Jackson,
IndyStar,
16 Aug. 2025
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Students apply separately to get into magnet programs.—
Racquel Bazos,
Baltimore Sun,
13 Aug. 2025
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The Senators’ previous owner, the late Eugene Melnyk, put the wheels in motion for a potential project at LeBreton Flats back in 2016, but was never able to get the project off the ground.—
Carol Schram,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
Verb
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What happens next is anyone’s guess. Stroud, more than anyone, can’t wait to find out.—
Mike Hendricks,
Kansas City Star,
14 Aug. 2025
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Once again, viewers will have to wait an extra week to find out.—
Meredith G. White,
AZCentral.com,
13 Aug. 2025
Verb
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So instead of one long conveyor, there will be three sub-assemblies that run down their own lines simultaneously and then join together.—
Jamie L. LaReau,
Freep.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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There's a channel that runs down the bottom of the down tube that the cables sit in, held in place by a plastic cover that's screwed onto the frame.—
JOHN TIMMER,
ArsTechnica,
12 Aug. 2025
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“Nose out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nose%20out. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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