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Recent Examples of shake out
Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 25 Jan. 2026
This upbeat song gives kids a chance to shake out their frustration and emotions.
—Alex Vance, Parents, 23 Jan. 2026
Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 29 Oct. 2025
All-Terrain Testing My first run in the shoe was a short 5k shakeout on the roads around downtown Chamonix.
—Will Porter, Outside, 13 Sep. 2025
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Verb
LaLonde also recommends shaking out your towels before moving them to the dryer to release any creases and wrinkles.
—Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 25 Jan. 2026
This upbeat song gives kids a chance to shake out their frustration and emotions.
—Alex Vance, Parents, 23 Jan. 2026
Noun
An hour long mediation and visualization session will be held directly before a 3 mile shakeout run featuring music, coffee and other refreshments.
—Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 29 Oct. 2025
All-Terrain Testing My first run in the shoe was a short 5k shakeout on the roads around downtown Chamonix.
—Will Porter, Outside, 13 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shake out
Verb
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But beyond that, unity has proved elusive.—
JACQUELINE CHARLES MIAMI HERALD,
Arkansas Online,
6 Feb. 2026
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Mike Brown has his chance to prove Dolan and Rose right, and at least take the Knicks one round further than Thibodeau did, when his team never recovered from that crazy shot Tyrese Haliburton made in Game 1 of the conference finals.—
Mike Lupica,
New York Daily News,
5 Feb. 2026
Noun
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But the Falcons clearly needed a major shake-up.—
Michael Cunningham,
AJC.com,
12 Jan. 2026
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The Dolphins fired coach Mike McDaniel in the latest NFL shake-up.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
9 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Tabitha Frank, a Hartford mother whose toddler fell out of a window and died in 2023, pleaded guilty to manslaughter earlier this week and was sentenced to five years of probation.—
Ginny Monk,
Hartford Courant,
7 Feb. 2026
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Well, in terms of recent precedent, a lot of this activity falls out of what we are used to.—
Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
6 Feb. 2026
Noun
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So with official jobs data due out on Wednesday, delayed by several days because of the brief partial government shutdown, analysts say stocks could go even lower on bad news — or even on news that looks too good.—
John Towfighi,
CNN Money,
11 Feb. 2026
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Congressional debate over whether to extend more generous subsidies made available under the Biden administration led to the longest-ever government shutdown and focused public attention on rising health care costs and the affordability issue.—
Julie Appleby,
CBS News,
10 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Despite parents’ pleas to the group leading the initiative, the special committee on Tuesday did not sign off on any plan to entirely avoid closing campuses.—
Molly Gibbs,
Mercury News,
11 Feb. 2026
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Saks Global, in its initial round of luxury store closings in bankruptcy, said on Tuesday that eight Saks Fifth Avenue’s stores would also go dark around April.—
David Moin,
Footwear News,
11 Feb. 2026
Noun
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David Ryder | Bloomberg | Getty Images Amazon has been in the midst of a significant downsizing for the past several years.—
Annie Palmer,
CNBC,
28 Jan. 2026
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The downsizing, according to the American Bankers Association, can be attributed to people’s preference for banking online or through their mobile device.—
Donna Vickroy,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Jan. 2026
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“Shake out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shake%20out. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.
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