smoking out

verb

present participle of smoke out
as in raking up

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  1. owning
  2. acknowledging
  3. giving away
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  • Owning a stake in a profitable, growing business that provides a wanted product or service over the long term is preferable to owning paper currency, which is destined to lose purchasing power over time.
    — Bill Stone, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
  • But on those platforms — which don’t have partnerships with LA28 — resellers can list tickets without actually owning them.
    — Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of owning
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  • Luiz understands that aspect, too, acknowledging that Sporting KC needed him four separate times during Thursday’s news conference.
    — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The study described the importance of reducing stigma about cognitive decline, helping people care for their brains to decrease dementia risk and acknowledging the impacts dementia has on families and households.
    — Hillary Lum, The Conversation, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of acknowledging
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  • Let harden overnight and wrap with plastic before giving away, to keep the glycerin from beading on the surface.
    — Jodi Levine, Parents, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Insomnia Cookies is giving away 30,000 cookies for the back-to-school season.
    — Greta Cross, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of giving away
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“Smoking out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smoking%20out. Accessed 30 Aug. 2026.

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