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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Recent Examples of shut out
Jeff Rosen, Kansas City Star, 7 June 2026
San Diego was shut out for the seventh time this season and for the third time since May 25.
—CBS News, 6 June 2026
CBS News, 12 June 2026
Durbin averted the shutout with his first solo shot to lead off the eighth, his second home run of the season and his first that didn’t come off a position player.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 10 June 2026
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Verb
The Mavericks won Game 1 of the ECHL’s best-of-seven championship series on Friday night, shutting out Florida 6-0 at Cable Dahmer Arena.
—Jeff Rosen, Kansas City Star, 7 June 2026
San Diego was shut out for the seventh time this season and for the third time since May 25.
—CBS News, 6 June 2026
Noun
Mason Englert pitched four shutout innings and allowed four hits and two walks.
—CBS News, 12 June 2026
Durbin averted the shutout with his first solo shot to lead off the eighth, his second home run of the season and his first that didn’t come off a position player.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 10 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shut out
Verb
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Eager to avoid losing Mbappe for nothing the following summer, he was placed on the transfer list in the summer of 2023 and excluded from PSG’s pre-season tour to Japan.—
Tom Burrows,
New York Times,
12 Dec. 2025
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The data refreshes daily with the previous days' flights, excluding weekends and holidays.—
David Ferrara,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
11 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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The video, with more than 12 million views, showed two travelers perched atop the stopped carousel, reaching into the chute to pull through a jam of suitcases as other passengers watch.—
Alice Gibbs,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Nov. 2025
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Her beauty team completed the look with hot pink lipstick, matching nails, and a bouncy blowout that resulted in a cascade of blonde waves.—
Chanel Vargas,
InStyle,
12 June 2026
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The team boarded the bus in Cleveland after a 117-95 blowout by the Cavaliers in dead silence, an icy pall setting in among teammates desperate not to let losing become comfortable.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
11 June 2026
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Last weekend's Coke 600 was a washout from start to finish.—
Zach Dean OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
1 June 2026
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While not a washout like the past weekend, keep your umbrella on standby as passing showers and storms will be moving through the area during the first half of the day.—
Bill Kelly,
CBS News,
27 May 2026
Verb
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Australia was the first country to ban social media for children under 16, blocking them last December from platforms including TikTok, Alphabet’s YouTube and Meta’s Instagram and Facebook.—
Reuters,
CNN Money,
15 June 2026
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Trump’s move to restrain states’ actions on AI drew criticism from members of both political parties and civil liberties and consumer rights groups who worried that banning state regulation would amount to a gift to AI giants, who enjoy little to no oversight.—
Marc Levy,
Fortune,
14 June 2026
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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
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Pavel Dorofeyev scored twice for Vegas, finding the net for the first time since Game 1 of the Western Conference Final sweep of Presidents’ Trophy winner Colorado.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2026
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Twenty-nine of its 32 victories this season are sweeps.—
Pioneer Press,
Twin Cities,
10 June 2026
Noun
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Dating to around 1250, the small church was built of boulders and has since been covered with whitewash.—
Katherine LaGrave,
AFAR Media,
16 Sep. 2025
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By the afternoon, the sun broke through, 4-to 6-foot surf giving the surfers plenty of opportunities, at times the whitewash so powerful water licked the bottom of the concrete pier.—
Laylan Connelly,
Oc Register,
3 Aug. 2025
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“Shut out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shut%20out. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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