smokes out

verb

present tense third-person singular of smoke out
as in owns

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for smokes out
  1. owns
  2. acknowledges
  3. confesses
  4. concedes
  5. admits
  6. unearths
  7. imparts
  8. relates
Verb
  • Its parent company, Collectors, also owns rival grading brands Beckett and SGC, pricing-data platform Card Ladder, the PSA Vault and financial services.
    — Matthew Tan, CNBC, 7 Nov. 2026
  • Be specific about where things broke down, who owns the correction, and what employees can expect to see change, including from you.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of owns
Verb
  • Pitts acknowledges that the existing course, starting areas and finish-line footprint may eventually need substantial changes.
    — Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 5 Nov. 2026
  • But, as Carrère acknowledges, in the wake of the Ukraine invasion the author has become an embodiment of Russian nationalism.
    — Madeleine Wulfahrt, New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of acknowledges
Verb
  • Disarmed by his stepson’s surprise appearance, Morgan confesses to being the cheater.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Prue follows the advice, confesses what happened to Mac, and discovers the secret her parents have been keeping from her all along.
    — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of confesses
Verb
  • Indeed, Laster’s 142-page opinion concedes the legitimacy of SB 21 and its applicability to this case.
    — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Fielder is not conventionally attractive, concedes Breca, a 26-year-old bisexual man in Pennsylvania, but the filmmaker’s salt-and-pepper hair and stubble did something for Breca nonetheless.
    — David Mack, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of concedes
Verb
  • Banachek plays a famed mentalist who earns his living deceiving people but always admits his feats are tricks.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 9 Nov. 2026
  • Those inconsistencies have also raised questions about the offense's identity, something Prescott admits is still a work in progress.
    — Briana Aldridge, CBS News, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of admits
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  • The expedition takes unexpected turn when the quartet unearths a priceless artifact, one that should not exist.
    — Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Ween will revisit their tour in support of their classic Chocolate and Cheese in a new box set that unearths seven full gigs from the trek.
    — Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of unearths
Verb
  • The eighteen-meter-tall brick curve that encases the altar has a tremendous body, nearly ominous in its presence, that imparts an intuitive understanding—even amid the doubt—that what provides shelter necessarily does so through strength.
    — Kristian Vistrup Madsen, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2026
  • This imparts a drag on the star—imagine spinning around on your heels while holding an open trash bag; the bag will act like a parachute, slowing you.
    — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of imparts
Verb
  • Philbrick relates all this less as history than as a stage play.
    — Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026
  • The film slowly relates that the aspiring rapper and superfan ingratiated himself into the band’s circles, flying to New York multiple times as a teenager for the purpose.
    — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of relates
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“Smokes out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smokes%20out. Accessed 13 Nov. 2026.

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