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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
  • Johnson has publicly stated his preference for points and blowouts.
    — Alec Lewis, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026
  • After blowouts, shutouts and easy wins, the Indians went into extras for the first time to keep the longest streak in 101 years intact.
    — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 14 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
  • The Philippines is among the countries most exposed to powerful typhoons, some 20 of which lash the archipelago every year, causing considerable damage and casualties due to floods and landslides.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 Sep. 2026
  • The hurricane, with maximum sustained winds of 110 mph, posed a risk to all the major islands due to the possibility of heavy rains and landslides, forecasters warned.
    — Phil Helsel, NBC news, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of landslides
Noun
  • Working families most likely to lose access are the very consumers with thin credit files, uneven income, or past financial setbacks.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 9 Sep. 2026
  • The setbacks the group faced early in its career, including losing a record deal, and why the members were determined to build a long career rather than chase one breakthrough moment.
    — Sid Evans, Southern Living, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of setbacks
Noun
  • Those victories flying off island airstrips might have been the final legacy of the Corsair, but British Royal Navy pilots figured out how to fly it off carriers, according to the museum.
    — Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Below are the coaches with the most victories in each decade starting with the 1950s.
    — Todd Holcomb, AJC.com, 18 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
  • The hottest team this side of Philadelphia is in Kansas City, where the Royals have won eight in a row, thanks to consecutive sweeps of the A’s and Tigers.
    — Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Recent sweeps have focused on payment terminals at stores and ATMs where skimming activity is suspected.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 24 Aug. 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 19 Sep. 2026.

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