SMOKES OUT Synonyms: 62 Similar and Opposite Words

smokes out

verb

present tense third-person singular of smoke out

as in owns

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Andreina Martinez owns Don Tequeno, a Venezuelan restaurant along the parade route in Jamaica Plain.

— Paul Burton, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026
Widely favored by environmentalists and government planners, the idea is generally opposed by real estate agents and anyone who owns a house or business at the beach.

— Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of owns

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More recently, the hotel received an award from Preservation Connecticut, which acknowledges those who protect and preserve historic places in the area.

— Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 14 Aug. 2026
Knopf humbly acknowledges Visit Orlando and Orlando Health’s role in lifting our community’s boats with a veritable tidal wave of funding, as well as the diners who participate.

— Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of acknowledges

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Emerald Isle, North Carolina, confesses its obvious charms—brilliant blue-green waters, a verdant maritime forest, and lush marshes—in its name.

— Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott, Southern Living, 7 July 2026
Then Armand confesses to Molloy that, actually, he’s been in love with him for decades.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 July 2026

Definition of confesses

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The lesson here – and one the NBCU-Peacock-YouTube deal concedes – is that a media company just isn’t the mountain that Mohammed goes to – the consumers are the mountain.

— Howard Homonoff, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Once the darling of the NBA, the next heartthrob to splash on posters and commercials, the acrobatic point guard concedes he is viewed negatively.

— Jason Quick, New York Times, 12 July 2026

Definition of concedes

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For anyone asking whether this kind of analysis—unequal parts interpretation, speculation, and evaluation—will save a worrying figure, the query imparts its own futility.

— Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2026
This is the property of liquid that imparts an upward force to an object against gravity’s downward pull.

— Phil Plait, Scientific American, 31 July 2026

Definition of imparts

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Each and every item relates in some way to the novel’s storyline, yet miraculously, many of the objects were sourced before the book was even written.

— CNT Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Aug. 2026
Holland’s Spider-Man relates more personally to everyone — friends and foes — than any other superhero; his scenes with the Punisher (Jon Bernthal), Bruce Banner (Mark Ruffalo), Det.

— Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2026

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