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Recent Examples of shakeout
Natalie Jarvey, Fortune, 1 Sep. 2025
The only question is which enterprises will survive the shakeout and lead the next industrial revolution.
—Mark Minevich, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 21 Sep. 2025
Here's how the staff at Newsweek Sports expects things to shake out.
—Noah Camras, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
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Verb
So many startups have launched over the last five years that many close observers in the space expect there to be a shakeout soon.
—Natalie Jarvey, Fortune, 1 Sep. 2025
The only question is which enterprises will survive the shakeout and lead the next industrial revolution.
—Mark Minevich, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Noun
That's compared to a 44% approval rating of his immigration policies, shaking out to a 55% majority disapproval.
—Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 21 Sep. 2025
Here's how the staff at Newsweek Sports expects things to shake out.
—Noah Camras, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shakeout
Verb
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Luis Gil continued to pitch poorly, proving the questions around why the Yankees started him in the first place were warranted.—
Brendan Kuty,
New York Times,
5 Oct. 2025
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After a month of stress, Saturday proved to be a softer breath for the fourth-year coach.—
Noah White,
Miami Herald,
5 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Yet whispers of a big shake-up have proved to be little more than … whispers.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
1 Oct. 2025
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Speaking of which, the big category shake-up this year is the introduction of best traditional country album, which is alternately being seen as a reaction to Beyoncé’s best country album victory last year or simply catching up to similar subdivisions in R&B and other genres.—
Alan Light,
HollywoodReporter,
1 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Of course, all of that pales in comparison to Trump’s epic falling out with his first vice president, Pence.—
Jeremy Lott,
The Washington Examiner,
3 Oct. 2025
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Sign Pete Alonso The Red Sox need to fall out of love with Triston Casas.—
Michael Hurley,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
Noun
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What's without question is that the longer a shutdown continues, the more pressure will be brought on essential services going to vulnerable people and federal workers getting along (either on the job or not) without pay.—
Todd Spangler,
Freep.com,
4 Oct. 2025
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Health care talks plant seeds to resolve shutdown Federal subsidies for people to participate in the Affordable Care Act, which is nicknamed Obamacare, are expiring at the end of the year.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
4 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Brendan McDermid | Reuters Stocks registered gains for September and the third quarter, with the Dow ending yesterday's session at an all-time closing high.—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
1 Oct. 2025
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The closing of the more than 50-year-old plant in Shelby was not a surprise as Solero announced its 18- to 24-month consolidation plan last November, Chris Byrd, Solero’s senior vice president of global human resources said in a statement Tuesday to The Charlotte Observer.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Yet those football sackings ate up 28 per cent of their wage bill savings, and came at a time when the club is still incurring the costs of its sizeable downsizing.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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Canoy, a single mom of two, is selling her home and downsizing.—
Becky Bohrer,
Fortune,
28 Sep. 2025
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“Shakeout.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shakeout. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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