shutouts

noun

plural of shutout
1
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
  • This splurge-worthy styling tool rarely goes on sale, so be sure to add it to your cart for salon-quality blowouts at home.
    — Jordan Julian, InStyle, 24 July 2026
  • Organizers haven't revealed if the temporary Olympic capacity — initially projected to be 25,000 — for the aquatic center had been scaled down to avoid cost blowouts.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 July 2026
Definition of blowouts
Noun
  • 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
  • The two subsequent washouts have given Sri Lanka a 1-0 series victory.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 June 2026
Definition of washouts
Noun
  • The quake, centered near San Jose Del Palmar, caused widespread devastation, trapping people, triggering landslides, and severely damaging homes and infrastructure.
    — Sarah Ferguson, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • That could prolong heavy rain and raise the risk of flooding and landslides, especially in mountainous areas and along smaller rivers.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of landslides
Noun
  • Cowan shared her decision on social media, expressing pride in her career despite the recent setbacks.
    — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Amid the setbacks, Wang’s dad stepped in as a contractor and Wang’s mom volunteered to serve as construction liaison.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of setbacks
Noun
  • Holmes is closing in on 300 career victories and stands at 288-126-1.
    — Todd Holcomb, AJC.com, 9 Aug. 2026
  • In Michigan, in my view, Abdul's victory was one of the most extraordinary victories in modern political history.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 9 Aug. 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
  • The third wave of sweeps occurred between Friday midday and Saturday morning, draining 208 Bitcoin from 1,912 addresses.
    — Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2026
  • The site also reported that, despite Flock’s not sharing data with agencies like ICE, police officers have been performing searches to aid in immigration sweeps.
    — T.M. Brown, CNN Money, 30 July 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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“Shutouts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shutouts. Accessed 11 Aug. 2026.

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