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
  • The attendances, the late drama, not too many blowouts … plenty.
    — Phil Hay, New York Times, 4 July 2026
  • Big, bouncy blowouts and soft, glamorous curls are usually reserved for sitting in a professional hairstylist’s chair.
    — Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 1 July 2026
Definition of blowouts
Noun
  • The two subsequent washouts have given Sri Lanka a 1-0 series victory.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 June 2026
  • There will be several chances for rain across Maryland Wednesday through early next week, but none of the days are looking like washouts.
    — Cutter Martin, CBS News, 6 May 2026
Definition of washouts
Noun
  • Earthquakes' sudden, rapid shaking can cause fires, tsunamis, landslides or avalanches.
    — CA Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 14 July 2026
  • Costa Rican authorities have issued a nationwide green alert, warning that an intensifying rainy season and a developing Pacific low-pressure system threaten to trigger even more catastrophic landslides.
    — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 15 June 2026
Definition of landslides
Noun
  • Shein will publicly list in Hong Kong after finally receiving Beijing’s approval, deepening its Chinese roots following global setbacks.
    — Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 14 July 2026
  • Trump’s renovation of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool has also been met with a series of setbacks.
    — Tiago Ventura, Time, 14 July 2026
Definition of setbacks
Noun
  • This week's quiz highlights America's Founding Fathers, vaccine victories — and much more.
    — Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 5 July 2026
  • Pogačar is the overall favorite thanks to his Tour victories in 2020, 2021, 2024 and 2025, as well as his strong form this year.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 July 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 music is a source of pleasure even as Torres and Solano stay vigilant to avoid city encampment sweeps.
    — Jireh Deng, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2026
  • Elizabeth Williams lost her $12,000 small claims lawsuit against Sacramento after Judge Stephen Lau ruled that six or seven days’ notice for encampment sweeps gave the city license to destroy her personal property.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 11 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 18 Jul. 2026.

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