shutouts

noun

plural of shutout
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as in conquests

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as in washouts

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Recent Examples of shutouts Riley Bell, Senior, Crowley Bell earned District 3-6A Goalkeeper of the Year and TASCO First Team All Region honors, recording 207 saves and five shutouts on the season, including 125 saves and one shutout in district play alone. — Charles Baggarly may 7, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shutouts
  1. blowouts
  2. washouts
  3. landslides
  4. setbacks
  5. victories
  6. fiascoes
  7. sweeps
  8. debacles
Noun
  • Japanese straightening permanently restructures the hair, while Brazilian blowouts and keratin treatments are semipermanent coatings that wash out in roughly four months and still allow some wave or curl to hold.
    — Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 1 Oct. 2026
  • That’s why the Hurricanes haven’t held back, even in their blowouts.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of blowouts
Noun
  • Officials said special attention will be given to gravel roads that could be susceptible to washouts and erosion.
    — Detroit Free Press, Freep.com, 4 Sep. 2026
  • But in a world where a few basis points separates legends from washouts, a 10-point edge is an enormous windfall for anyone who trusted Kalshi’s numbers over those crunched by CME, the giant futures-exchange operator.
    — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of washouts
Noun
  • In neighboring Myanmar, at least 10 people were killed and dozens were missing after heavy rain triggered widespread flooding and landslides in the southern coastal region of Tanintharyi, local media reported.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Getty/iStockphoto Flooding and landslides were reported in the Manang district where the mountain is located over the weekend, caused by heavy rainfall, the district administration office said.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of landslides
Noun
  • Shelford addressed the deckhand’s absence during the episode as his crew grappled with a series of setbacks.
    — Deirdre Durkan, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2026
  • But during the shutdown, Brightline ended the deal with Branson’s Virgin Group, saying that the company’s reputation had diminished as a result of financial setbacks.
    — David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of setbacks
Noun
  • The revolutionary ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction allowed John to win an additional 164 games, more than half of his career total of 288 victories.
    — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
  • The racer, who also won 84 races, ranks fifth all time in Cup victories, according to FOX Sports.
    — Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of victories
Noun
  • Contained within all these fiascoes is a subtly different conservative movement.
    — Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Trump is the most corrupt and scandal-plagued president since Nixon; indeed, his fiascoes eclipse Nixon’s, but many of them remain mostly or somewhat hidden, thanks in part to a much more acquiescent Republican Congress than the one Nixon had.
    — David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2026
Definition of fiascoes
Noun
  • Postal employees worked overtime, conducting daily sweeps and all-clear checks.
    — Lee Moak, New York Daily News, 18 Sep. 2026
  • The American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona, which originally filed the lawsuit on behalf of citizens and legal residents caught in Arpaio’s sweeps, celebrated the current ruling.
    — Yana Kunichoff, ProPublica, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of sweeps
Noun
  • Otherwise, the Democrats’ showing in the campaign has amounted to a pileup of debacles.
    — Mark Leibovich, The Atlantic, 4 June 2026
  • The one tiny potential upside of the populist movement was its apparent reluctance to plunge the nation into foreign debacles.
    — Steven Greenhut, Oc Register, 6 Mar. 2026
Definition of debacles

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