as in to betray
to be unfaithful or disloyal to
the band sold out its faithful followers, abandoning its edgy style for a more commercial sound
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as in betrayal
the act or fact of violating the trust or confidence of another
the sellout makes it much harder for me to trust you ever again
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Recent Examples of sell (out)
Jon Vankin, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025
That included scoring the opening goal in the final, a match that finished as a 1-1 draw before a sellout crowd of 30,109 in Nashville.
—Ian Nicholas Quillen, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
A day before the stadium concert, a sellout of 52,000, the Oasis faithful queued up for 90 minutes or more at a pop-up store on Milwaukee Avenue about seven miles from the stadium to buy all manner of merch — track jackets and bucket hats, especially.
—Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 29 Aug. 2025
Entering the bottom of the ninth, Toronto announced a sellout crowd had already purchased 92,208 hot dogs, which crushed the previous record of 84,731 set a month prior.
—Dan Hayes, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
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Noun
Weissert then allowed another double, this one to veteran Andrew McCutcheon, scoring Pham giving Pittsburgh the lead -- and deflating the sellout Fenway crowd of 36,344 which to that point had been at a fever pitch.
—Jon Vankin, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025
That included scoring the opening goal in the final, a match that finished as a 1-1 draw before a sellout crowd of 30,109 in Nashville.
—Ian Nicholas Quillen, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
A day before the stadium concert, a sellout of 52,000, the Oasis faithful queued up for 90 minutes or more at a pop-up store on Milwaukee Avenue about seven miles from the stadium to buy all manner of merch — track jackets and bucket hats, especially.
—Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 29 Aug. 2025
Entering the bottom of the ninth, Toronto announced a sellout crowd had already purchased 92,208 hot dogs, which crushed the previous record of 84,731 set a month prior.
—Dan Hayes, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
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The feel of the game betrays the development team’s excellent Super Mario Odyssey pedigree.—
Mitch Wallace,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Think how many times during Rodgers’ Green Bay tenure that the quarterback played well, only to have the Packers’ star-crossed special teams betray him.—
Mike Sando,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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But for students who have spent years—and significant financial sums—on their education, struggling to land one's first job may feel like a betrayal.—
Hugh Cameron,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Sep. 2025
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So this is a temporary hiccup—Indians will be unhappy, anti-Americanism will once again grow within the country’s strategic elite, and stories of American betrayals will persist for years.—
Happymon Jacob,
Time,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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When does compromise become treachery or defeat?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Sep. 2025
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Could Juno be behind this treachery, as payback for David destroying her spy corporation and for changing his oldest daughter into a killer?—
Demetrius Patterson,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Aug. 2025
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The main opposition party, CHADEMA, was disqualified in April and its leader Tundu Lissu remains in custody after he was charged with treason for demanding electoral reforms.—
Preeti Jha,
semafor.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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Ksenia Mironova copes with the absence of her fiancé, also a journalist, who is in prison on charges of treason.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
14 Aug. 2025
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“Sell (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sell%20%28out%29. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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