RAN OUT Synonyms: 34 Similar and Opposite Words

ran out

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past tense of run out

as in cast out

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These will show whether the vote was a watershed moment in the demise of an anti-fascist consensus dating back to World War II, or the latest in a series of elections worldwide in which frustrated voters simply cast out incumbents.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026
These are sons and daughters and children cast out, disappeared from their communities and forced to make a life in the shadows of society.

— Tembe Denton-Hurst, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of cast out

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As Unifrance Rendez-Vous kicked out yesterday and with its sales team attending, MIAM!

— Kevin Giraud, Variety, 8 Sep. 2026
They are shown to have higher rates of suicide attempts and are nearly four times more likely to be kicked out, be abandoned or run away due to negative treatment based on their identity.

— Diego Mendoza, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of kicked out

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As The Athletic detailed here, the Clippers’ chance at taking the arbitration route was eliminated by the National Basketball Players Association’s choice to agree with the NBA on the ruling.

— Law Murray, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Bring up the unnecessary and wasteful government programs that should be eliminated.

— Cal Thomas, Arkansas Online, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of eliminated

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Yet only a few people have actually seen it, with smaller and open-source AI companies generally getting excluded from the administration’s conversations.

— Ashley Gold, semafor.com, 9 Sep. 2026
The community received disproportionate federal grants to rebuild, as many were excluded from city and state grant programs due to Chinatown being located outside of the scope to receive that funding, the report said.

— Gloria Pazmino, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2026

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