as in to shut out
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Recent Examples of read out
When the Tottenham team’s names were read out before kick-off, the home crowd barely reacted.
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Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2026
Kylie read out from her followers' questions.
—Staff Author, PEOPLE, 29 Jan. 2026
About 30 minutes into the patrol, Green Bean saw a white Jeep Wagoneer with out-of-state plates and read out the numbers.
—Adam Serwer, The Atlantic, 27 Jan. 2026
Lilly will read out data on seven other Phase 3 trials on the drug this year.
—Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 23 Jan. 2026
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Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2026
Kylie read out from her followers' questions.
—Staff Author, PEOPLE, 29 Jan. 2026
About 30 minutes into the patrol, Green Bean saw a white Jeep Wagoneer with out-of-state plates and read out the numbers.
—Adam Serwer, The Atlantic, 27 Jan. 2026
Lilly will read out data on seven other Phase 3 trials on the drug this year.
—Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 23 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for read out
Verb
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Magoon Gwath, last year’s freshman and defensive player of the year, was shut out.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Mar. 2026
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s staff took issue with images taken in a rare briefing last week and decided to shut out photographers from two subsequent news conferences.—
Scott Nover,
Washington Post,
11 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Who would cast out the kind of characters that Tucker Carlson and company are encouraging?—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
6 Feb. 2026
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The Rams eventually released him, simply cutting him loose – a franchise icon cast out into the cold.—
Kyle Feldscher,
CNN Money,
4 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The protesters included secular left-wingers and nationalists as well as Islamists, but Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, a fundamentalist cleric at that time exiled in France, emerged as the movement's undisputed figurehead.—
The Week UK,
TheWeek,
8 Mar. 2026
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Most of them have been jailed or exiled or arrested or even killed.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
8 Mar. 2026
Verb
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He gets kicked out of school for being drunk.—
Jessica Lipsky,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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Kids can get a kick out of twinning with you!—
Margery D. Rosen,
Parents,
5 Mar. 2026
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“Read out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/read%20out. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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