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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as in blowout
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as in washout
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Recent Examples of shut out
Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 15 Apr. 2025
Canada also won 4-0 on Friday, shutting out Switzerland.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Apr. 2025
Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Apr. 2025
Bobrovsky went 33-19-2 this season with five shutouts, a .906 save percentage and 2.44 goals against average.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 16 Apr. 2025
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The Rockies were shut out for the first five innings of a 5-3 defeat to the defending World Series champion Dodgers on Monday in Los Angeles, cementing a club record with 32 straight innings without scoring.
—Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 15 Apr. 2025
Canada also won 4-0 on Friday, shutting out Switzerland.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Apr. 2025
Noun
The 34-year-old veteran beat the Padres earlier this month with six shutout innings at Wrigley.
—Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Apr. 2025
Bobrovsky went 33-19-2 this season with five shutouts, a .906 save percentage and 2.44 goals against average.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 16 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shut out
Verb
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Adjusted core earnings, excluding restructuring costs, jumped 44% year-over-year to SEK 6.2 billion for the quarter.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
21 Apr. 2025
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Late last week, NPR reported that the State Department is changing its guidelines on its yearly international human rights reports, notably to exclude much of the criticism levied against regimes who commit abuses.—
Rafael Perez,
Oc Register,
21 Apr. 2025
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Somewhat surprisingly, the series didn’t feature any true blowouts.—
Sean McIndoe,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2025
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Generally, trainers, and especially that rare subset of Triple Crown trainers, are deathly shy of blowouts six days before a big, tough race like the Derby.—
Guy Martin,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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With the three-day washout in stocks continuing Monday, traders were still expecting the central bank to wait until June before its next interest rate cut.—
Jeff Cox,
CNBC,
7 Apr. 2025
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Cinema Saviours After years of the washout of the Covid years, the appearance of Oppenheimer and Barbie, appearing in cinemas at the same time gave us the much talked about ‘Barbenheimer’ phenomenon, with many people choosing to see both films on the same day.—
Benny Har-Even,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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Several food dyes found in candies, soft drinks and snack foods will be banned.—
Rebecca Morin,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025
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Red 3 was banned from cosmetics more than three decades before it was stripped from food and medicine.—
Matthew Perrone,
Twin Cities,
22 Apr. 2025
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Perez was an extra-bases machine in the Royals’ doubleheader sweep of the Rockies at Kauffman Stadium.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
25 Apr. 2025
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On Wednesday, the UFC's brass decided to cut ties with Alexander and three others in the latest roster sweep.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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The season after raising the Cup finds the Cats 37-24 and on three-game win streak after Saturday’s 3-0 whitewash of Calgary on top of a 4-3 win over Edmonton in a Cup Final rematch.—
Greg Cote,
Miami Herald,
2 Mar. 2025
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The danger signals were already there from the warm-up whitewash in India just a few weeks ago where England were barely competitive.—
Tim Ellis,
Forbes,
1 Mar. 2025
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Anything less would be another painful letdown after Messi and Miami were eliminated by Atlanta United in the opening round of last year’s MLS playoffs.—
Felipe Cardenas,
New York Times,
20 Apr. 2025
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The other four teams that did it (2021-22 New Orleans Pelicans, 2010-11 Indiana Pacers, 2007-08 Atlanta Hawks and 2003-04 Boston Celtics) all were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
20 Apr. 2025
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Wildfires can also cause significant rock fall, erosion, and even landslides.—
Hannah Provost,
Outside Online,
26 Apr. 2025
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Mark Carney's Liberal Party is predicted to win this week's general election in Canada, but is unlikely to win a landslide, according to recent polling.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Apr. 2025
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“Shut out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shut%20out. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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