RUN OUT Synonyms: 34 Similar and Opposite Words

run out

verb

Definition of run out

as in to cast out

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Recent Examples of run out That entire combination has now run out, so California license plates began this year using number-number-number-letter-letter-letter-number. — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026 Washington, which was 1 for 11 on third down to that point, converted two on the final drive to run out the clock. — ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026 These Packers got run out of Lambeau Field by a previously winless team. — Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 25 Sep. 2026 Often the person calling let the tape run out, never saying a word. — Josephine Reisman, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for run 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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But outside management does not inherently eliminate questions created by holding debt from specific local governments and projects, Marlowe said.

— Luke Fountain, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026
County attorneys are also recommending the commission eliminate its Racial Equity Task Force, said Broward Commissioner Nan Rich.

— Zoey Thomas, Miami Herald, 28 Sep. 2026

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The exact current values are obscured because federal filings use broad ranges and exclude subsequent market moves.

— Luke Fountain, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026
Moreover, that $100 million plus projection captures just the store-level opportunity and excludes upside from Hoka’s nationwide online availability on Academy’s website, Matuszewski said.

— Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2026

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