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Recent Examples of shake out
Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 7 Mar. 2026
And as this stuff shakes out, that 23 will probably winnow and what Dara’s talking about with the multichannel distribution is just messy.
—Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 3 Mar. 2026
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 23 Jan. 2026
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
If needed, hang the rug over a fence or railing to shake out loose dirt.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 7 Mar. 2026
And as this stuff shakes out, that 23 will probably winnow and what Dara’s talking about with the multichannel distribution is just messy.
—Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 3 Mar. 2026
Noun
Unlike later Artemis landing missions, Artemis 2 is primarily a deep-space shakeout: the crew will verify Orion's systems in the environment beyond low Earth orbit, from life support to navigation to communications, building directly on the uncrewed Artemis 1 test flight to lunar orbit in 2022.
—Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 23 Jan. 2026
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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Princess Diana’s death proved all of Carolyn’s fears.—
Jessica Radloff,
Glamour,
20 Mar. 2026
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Democrats contend that the legislation will disenfranchise many of their voters because of its strict requirements for proving one’s identity and citizenship.—
W. James Antle III,
The Washington Examiner,
20 Mar. 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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When life falls out of sync, there can be dire consequences for health, reproduction, and survival.—
Marlowe Starling,
Quanta Magazine,
20 Mar. 2026
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The main risks come from accidents involving tools and branches, gear malfunctions, unpredictable conditions, and, of course, falling out of trees.—
Calin Van Paris,
Outside,
19 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Lastly, guests will also notice that the in-room HVAC system is integrated with all balcony doors, resulting in the automatic shutdown of the system when the door is left open.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
18 Mar. 2026
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The virtual shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz is unnerving the world economy, driving up energy and fertilizer prices, threatening food shortages in poor countries, destabilizing fragile states and complicating efforts by central banks to drive down prices for consumers.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
17 Mar. 2026
Noun
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People wait to enter the Boulder Theater on the closing night of the 2013 Boulder International Film Festival.—
Libby Smith,
CBS News,
18 Mar. 2026
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The demolition marks the closing of a chapter and a new beginning, Rodríguez said.—
Ryan Gillespie,
The Orlando Sentinel,
18 Mar. 2026
Noun
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States would have to make budget tradeoffs to adapt to any federal downsizing of support, and need time to make those adjustments, Peter Muller, senior officer at The Pew Charitable Trusts, said at a gathering of state emergency managers last week.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
18 Mar. 2026
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The state also shrank its Executive Branch workforce by 10% in that decade, a downsizing that continues to trigger mandatory overtime in certain key agencies.—
Keith M. Phaneuf,
Hartford Courant,
13 Mar. 2026
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“Shake out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shake%20out. Accessed 23 Mar. 2026.
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