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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Meta supposedly favors Chinese resellers, because, without them, Meta would be shut out from billions in profits from the lucrative Chinese ad market, since its platforms are banned there.

— Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 8 Sep. 2026
Sofia has strong feelings about the ultra-rich looking out for themselves as the world teeters toward disaster, shutting out everyone else.

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of shut 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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Located in Jerusalem, al-Wasiti became, for years, the place to visit, empowering Palestinian artists exiled all over the world to return to a fountain of unity and belonging.

— Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 26 Aug. 2026
This thriller centers on disgraced or damaged agents of Britain’s MI6 intelligence service who have been exiled to a remote Greek island.

— Monitor reviewers, Christian Science Monitor, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of exile

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Punter Matt Gill then shanked a kick out of his own end zone, producing only a 17-yard net punt and giving Arizona State possession at the KU 25 with 25 seconds remaining.

— Taylor Eldridge, Kansas City Star, 19 Sep. 2026
Despite a preliminary injunction barring the venue from closing, people were kicked out of the building and barricades erected in the name of public safety that same day.

— Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026

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