READ OUT Synonyms: 52 Similar and Opposite Words

read out

verb

Definition of read out

as in to shut out

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Recent Examples of read out The motion filed Friday suggests the defense wants the judge to read out all further jury questions and notes in open court, rather than keeping them private in sidebar. — Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 4 Sep. 2026 Her sons were in the courtroom when the verdict was read out but left without commenting. — Kevin Schembri Orland, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026 His handpicked successor, Miguel Díaz-Canel, read out a handwritten message Castro signed. — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2026 Because the Court lacked a permanent abode, Marshall read out the ruling from the steps outside Stelle’s Hotel, on Capitol Hill. — Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for read out

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After taking a six-run lead, they were shut out on one hit over the final six innings.

— Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2026
Cypress Creek ended the state’s longest winless streak in a big way, shutting out Lake Buena Vista 32-0 to stop the Bears’ skid at 35 consecutive losses.

— Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of shut out

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Lamashtu said something the patriarch couldn’t abide, and for that she was cast out of polite divine society forever and sent to make chaos among mortals.

— Eleanor Johnson, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026
Some hoped that labels would confront the culture of misogyny in an ecosystem that critics have long said has gone unchecked and cast out predators among their ranks.

— Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of cast out

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The outlet notes that at the same referendum, male heirs of Italy’s last king (aka sons of the Savoy family) were exiled and barred from ever entering the country.

— Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 20 Sep. 2026
The government was executing and exiling Black citizens; some had escaped slavery.

— Claire Galofaro, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026

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