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verb

Definition of shut outnext
as in to exclude
to prevent the participation, consideration, or inclusion of local residents feel that they have been shut out of the debate for expanding the airport

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shut out

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adjective

as in excluded

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shutout

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noun

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as in blowout

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as in washout

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Recent Examples of shut out
Verb
Either way, Senate Republicans were shut out across all of eastern Connecticut and throughout Fairfield County, not even managing to keep the Greenwich seat that Ryan Fazio left to run for governor. — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 5 Nov. 2026 Benedictine has won high-scoring games with Richmond Academy (52-49) and Jenkins (37-35), teams Ware County shut out. — Todd Holcomb, AJC.com, 4 Nov. 2026
Noun
Filip Forsberg scored two goals, Juuse Saros made 30 saves in his 28th career shutout and the Nashville Predators extended their winning streak to five games with a 3-0 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday night. — ABC News, 10 Nov. 2026 The Raiders have won the past two matchups by shutout, in 2024 and 2025. — Gary Curreri, Sun Sentinel, 6 Nov. 2026 See All Example Sentences for shut out
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shut out
  1. exclude
  2. stopped
  3. blowout
  4. washout
  5. ban
  6. precluded
  7. sweep
  8. whitewash
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  • Quarterly earnings for the company totaled 35 cents per share, excluding certain items, below a FactSet forecast of 42 cents per share.
    — Deena Zaidi,Darla Mercado, CFP®,Fred Imbert, CNBC, 10 Nov. 2026
  • Police said this is the second-safest year in the subway in the last 15 years, excluding the pandemic.
    — Marcia Kramer, CBS News, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of exclude
Adjective
  • The truck driver swerved to the right to avoid the stopped vehicle, and struck the driver who was standing outside.
    — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026
  • The girl with a backpack on could be seen crossing the street while looking at her phone before the stopped truck began moving beside her, in videos obtained by ABC station WPVI and CBS station KYW.
    — Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of stopped
Noun
  • There are also facials if your skin is feeling the altitude, plus a full-service salon offering manicures, pedicures, blowouts, and other ways to treat yourself.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Nov. 2026
  • Auburn is now 5-4, with a home loss to Florida, at Tennessee, a 38-17 blowout loss to LSU at home, a 30-point loss to Ole Miss, and a close home win over a bad Arkansas team.
    — Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 11 Nov. 2026
Definition of blowout
Noun
  • Forty-three completed the workplace portion, wearing both the Bared Turtur and an ASOS Design Mary Jane Lottie for four weeks each, with a two-week washout period in between.
    — Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Heavy rain has already caused problems in the county, including a washout on County Road 500 late last month.
    — Jeff Todd, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of washout
Verb
  • Right now, California bans public money from funding political campaigns, except in a handful of cities like Berkeley and San Francisco.
    — Kiara Adams, Sacbee.com, 3 Nov. 2026
  • The First World War did cause the telephone industry to be nationalized for a year, but this didn’t make much difference for users, notwithstanding a decree in Indiana that banned speaking German on the phone.
    — Cal Revely-Calder, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of ban
Adjective
  • Over the ensuing decades—and fully informed of the substantial executive power exercised by the Commission—the Supreme Court has repeatedly and expressly left Humphrey's Executor in place, and so precluded Presidents from removing Commissioners at will.
    — Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 3 Sep. 2025
Definition of precluded
Noun
  • Texas’ Democratic sweep has raised questions about whether California transplants helped turn the state blue, but experts doubt the newcomers drove the shift.
    — Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2026
  • The tech world—and the markets built on top of it—is still figuring out how to feel about last week’s momentous Democratic midterm sweep.
    — Julia Black, Vanity Fair, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of sweep
Noun
  • Similarly, after the traumas of the Civil War and Reconstruction, some Southern writers emphasized aberrant behavior to undercut the aristocratic whitewash of gentility and custom.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The warmth offsets the cool pink-gray undertones from the whitewash, giving the room a welcoming, cocooning quality.
    — Sophie Flaxman, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 July 2026
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“Shut out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shut%20out. Accessed 13 Nov. 2026.

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