RAN OUT Synonyms: 34 Similar and Opposite Words

ran out

verb

past tense of run out

as in cast out

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Consider heading all the way north along the sand for the pretty trails and quiet beach fronting Hanna Park, or go south to the quarter-mile-long Jax Beach Pier, where surfers catch waves and anglers cast out lines.

— Terry Ward, Travel + Leisure, 10 Aug. 2026
Schaldemose plays grieving widow Anna who returns to Hel Island to bury her late husband after his suicide, and is promptly cast out by the eccentric locals for being a symbol of bad luck and evil.

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of cast out

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That player was outside linebacker Donovan Ezeiruaku, who was kicked out of practice two weeks ago for throwing a punch.

— Jon Machota, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
Reservations are essential even at restaurants that aren't on TikTok; yes, you can be kicked out of a VIP section; and even at an afterparty, there are limits to how loud the music can go.

— Chloe Sachdev, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Aug. 2026

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For many craft distillers, those closures eliminated one of their primary ways of selling their products.

— Darrielle Fair, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
The 45-year-old in Frisco, Texas, was a senior manager in e-commerce and fulfillment at a large retailer until her job was eliminated in early 2025.

— Sarah Jackson, CNBC, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of eliminated

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Investigators collected handwriting samples from dozens of people, and all the individuals tested were excluded except for Patsy, whom examiners were unable to eliminate as the possible author.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 20 Aug. 2026
But the two largest institutions — the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University — were excluded.

— David A. Lieb, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2026

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