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outed

verb

past tense of out
1
as in circulated
to become known the truth will out eventually

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2
as in dismissed
to drive or force out before moving in, we outed all the furry little creatures who had settled in the cabin over the winter

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Recent Examples of outed Co-owner John Mara is battling cancer, and co-owner Steve Tisch is laying low after being outed in the Epstein Files. — Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 22 Aug. 2026 Photoplay’s feature Hollywood’s Unmarried Husbands and Wives outed several of the era’s most bankable couples—Clark Gable and Carole Lombard among them—for the crime of cohabitating without paperwork. — Natalie Hoberman, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026 Thiel mentioned the news outlet Gawker, which had recently outed him as gay. — Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 13 July 2026 And what happens to someone who’s been outed like that, as a fake? — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 July 2026 Kansas City Chiefs coach Andy Reid, trainer Rick Burkholder, and general manager Brett Veach were outed by their tailor, who went online to brag about fitting their suits. — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 29 June 2026 And if they're caught rocking some flops in Cinque Terre, they won't just be outed as a fashion victim. — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 11 June 2026 Phil and Tony butt heads over a litany of issues, but one of the big hangups between the two of them in the first half of season six revolves around one of Tony's top earners, Vito Spatafore, being outed as a gay man. — Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 10 June 2026 The finale concluded on an uncomfortable cliffhanger between Benny and Carmen, as the former walked in on the latter making out with his crush Miles (Rish Shah), leading to an unexpected confrontation in which Benny is accidentally outed to his sister. — Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 6 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for outed
  1. circulated
  2. dismissed
  3. spread
  4. ejected
  5. banished
  6. chased
  7. expelled
  8. evicted
Verb
  • Stories — real or not — circulated in the 19th and early 20th centuries of White people using Black children as bait while hunting in Florida’s swamps.
    — Matt Baker, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the paper was circulated across the company’s dealership network, with many dealers putting a copy of the Independent in the glove box of every new car.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of circulated
Verb
  • Challenges to Essayli’s position were brought in several criminal cases, with defense lawyers arguing that charges filed under his watch are invalid and should be dismissed.
    — Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026
  • One of them, dismissed Sooners quarterback Chris Robison, was the MVP of the 2019 Conference USA championship, Kiffin’s second league title in three seasons.
    — Matt Baker, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of dismissed
Verb
  • For measles, populations need vaccination rates of 95 percent or higher to achieve herd immunity—the level of protection required to prevent disease spread.
    — Lauren J. Young, Scientific American, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Yet the ongoing disruptions from the Iran war, which have pushed up average gas prices more than 7% from just a month ago, threaten to spread through the economy and keep broader inflation stubbornly high.
    — DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFFFROM WIRE REPORTS, Arkansas Online, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of spread
Verb
  • Oli Marmol was later ejected after sticking up for Rincon, who was making his MLB debut.
    — Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Marmol then came out of the dugout to confront Eddings and was ejected during the Rockies’ five-run inning.
    — Michael Kelly, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of ejected
Verb
  • Their situation is nothing like that of Prince Andrew, for example, who was stripped of all his titles and has now been banished to Sandringham.
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Characters banished or murdered early in one version emerge victorious in another.
    — Greg Evans, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of banished
Verb
  • The man, identified as 22-year-old Rohit Rohit, chased Thakur down outside a Panera and shot her multiple times, the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.
    — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Operators that mastered complexity while others chased appearances.
    — Nia Bowers, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of chased
Verb
  • The school board voted unanimously to allow the students to withdraw rather than be expelled from the school.
    — Darius Johnson, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Washington’s bets include $414 million in financing for a uranium project in Niger — a country that expelled all US forces two years ago — and hundreds of millions for digital infrastructure providers.
    — Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of expelled
Verb
  • The pair have just been evicted from their apartment, coming home from church to find all of their worldly possessions on the stairs.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Teeny, along with several other animals, was surrendered to the Arizona Humane Society after their own was sadly evicted from their residence.
    — Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of evicted

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“Outed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outed. Accessed 19 Sep. 2026.

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