outs

verb

present tense third-person singular of out
1
as in spreads
to become known the truth will out eventually

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2
as in ejects
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 outs Ezekiel Richardson outs himself as a spy for the Continental Army to Claire. — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 26 Mar. 2026 Luckily, the king’s favorite wife, Esther, outs herself as Jewish. — Betsy Andrews, Saveur, 20 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for outs
  1. spreads
  2. ejects
  3. circulates
  4. chases
  5. dismisses
  6. banishes
  7. routs
  8. expels
Verb
  • How to avoid, treat cyclosporiasis Cyclospora spreads through water and food that are contaminated with human feces, so the best way to prevent cyclosporiasis is to avoid consuming things that could be contaminated with feces, according to the CDC.
    — Finch Walker, USA Today, 30 July 2026
  • No preset amount works for everyone, because body size and how a product spreads both vary.
    — Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 30 July 2026
Definition of spreads
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  • This development forcibly ejects the mild-mannered mammal into both his parents’ den and the wild — literally — world of dating, where smelling suitors’ pee takes the place of an app profile.
    — Alison Herman, Variety, 22 May 2026
  • At the same time, a salty liquid containing calcium chloride (a salt often used to de-ice roads) is pumped through the regenerator, which carries the heat away and ejects it to the surroundings on exit.
    — IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 5 Feb. 2026
Definition of ejects
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  • The $438 billion Gallup figure circulates primarily as a workforce engagement headline.
    — Cindy Rodriguez Constable, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • As footage of the incident circulates on social media, Patterson said the footage is just one perspective of the encounter.
    — Julianna Bragg, CNN Money, 23 July 2026
Definition of circulates
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  • Denny Hamlin, who was born in nearby Tampa, chases the best finish of his 21-year career.
    — Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 31 July 2026
  • The Textbook Case The R&D tax credit rewards work that chases something new or improved, leans on real engineering, begins with technical uncertainty and resolves it through experimentation.
    — Anna Meadows, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
Definition of chases
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  • Warsh, conversely, advocates for the Fed to be more opaque, a strategy the author dismisses as misguided.
    — John Tamny, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
  • One automatically ascribes fraud to results that are often predictable, even routine; the other dismisses legitimate concerns as conspiracy theories.
    — Andrew E. Busch, The Conversation, 23 July 2026
Definition of dismisses
Verb
  • So, when Diana falls in love with Lalo, the King banishes him.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 29 July 2026
  • Mary appears to have a form of treatment-resistant schizophrenia, until chemotherapy, following a diagnosis of lymphoma, banishes her psychiatric symptoms.
    — Julia M. Klein, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
Definition of banishes
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  • Often the highest lines will be for matches that are expected to be routs.
    — Dan Santaromita, New York Times, 11 June 2026
  • Scott Wedman sinks four three-point field goals without a miss and shot 11-for-11 overall from the field, both NBA Finals records, as Boston routs the Lakers 148-114 in Game 1.
    — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2026
Definition of routs
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  • Now they are being flown to Bhutan - a country that still refuses to recognize them as citizens and expels them on arrival to India or Nepal.
    — Maansi Srivastava, NPR, 21 July 2026
  • Mary can see how worried her sister looks and sits by her while… her mother expels another human being from her body, behind the very thin curtain just a few feet away.
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 11 July 2026
Definition of expels

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“Outs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outs. Accessed 5 Aug. 2026.

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