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as in to unleash
to find emotional release for
he took out his frustrations by splitting a cord of firewood
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as in to remove
to take away from a place or position
the airline passenger took his laptop computer out of its carrying case
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as in to assassinate
to put to death deliberately
the rumor is that the CIA is planning to take him out before he can seize control of the country
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Recent Examples of take out
The Razorbacks rocked Alabama A&M 52-7 on Saturday while Arkansas State was taking out Southeast Missouri State 42-24.
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Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online, 1 Sep. 2025
Flooding from Katrina took out entire neighborhoods, and devastated Plaquemines Parish, a finger of land jutting into the ocean, around 60 miles south of New Orleans.
—Mandi Wright, Freep.com, 31 Aug. 2025
This is when a doctor takes out a small sample of bone marrow and examines the cells under a microscope.
—Carrie Madormo, Health, 31 Aug. 2025
The film is about a man in crisis after mergers and buyouts take out his job at a paper company.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 31 Aug. 2025
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Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online, 1 Sep. 2025
Flooding from Katrina took out entire neighborhoods, and devastated Plaquemines Parish, a finger of land jutting into the ocean, around 60 miles south of New Orleans.
—Mandi Wright, Freep.com, 31 Aug. 2025
This is when a doctor takes out a small sample of bone marrow and examines the cells under a microscope.
—Carrie Madormo, Health, 31 Aug. 2025
The film is about a man in crisis after mergers and buyouts take out his job at a paper company.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 31 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for take out
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Pegula was often the first to change direction in rallies and constantly jammed Sabalenka with body serves to stop her from unleashing returns.—
Charlie Eccleshare,
New York Times,
5 Sep. 2025
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In 2022, then UK Prime Minister Liz Truss unleashed a wave of market panic with unfunded tax cuts that forced the Bank of England into emergency action after 30-year gilt yields soared by over 100 basis points.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
3 Sep. 2025
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The economy has so far largely avoided the type of widespread job losses that often accompany a recession.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
4 Sep. 2025
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Truwitt was accompanied by her best friend, fellow former Yale swimmer Sophie Pilkinton, who had her own big win to celebrate after finishing medical school.—
Zoey Lyttle,
PEOPLE,
4 Sep. 2025
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Following intense backlash from conservatives, the graphic was removed, and the museum issued an apology.—
BrieAnna J. Frank,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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Morgan Pope won the Power of Veto competition this week and removed herself from the block.—
Dina Kaur,
AZCentral.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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There was huge outrage and debate at the time around the idea that the American president could assassinate an American citizen extrajudicially, in violation of his Constitutional rights.—
Carlo Versano,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
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The series follows Agent 47, a contract killer who travels to different destinations across the world to assassinate targets.—
George Yang,
Vulture,
3 Sep. 2025
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Details of Russia’s offer on Donetsk are not public, but Russia is reportedly offering to freeze the frontline positions at Zhaporzhzhia and Kherson, and withdraw from territory in Sumy, Kharkiv and Dnipropetrovsk regions, in exchange for Ukraine handing over the rest of the Donbas.—
Laura Kelly,
The Hill,
28 Aug. 2025
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After reading West’s Forbes article, the husband and wife withdrew from their retirement fund, used a portion of their savings, and borrowed money from their adult son to invest $150,000 in a home West was flipping in August 2010.—
Cheyenne Roundtree,
Rolling Stone,
28 Aug. 2025
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Denying that their output is propaganda & amplifying their messaging spits in the face of those murdered on Oct 7th & props up the Hamas terror regime that continues to punish its own people.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
27 Aug. 2025
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Coben explains that Joel, Seth, and Bella were all present at the prom when Joel's sister was murdered.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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On Tuesday, 85 scientists released a 459-page rebuttal to the DOE report, highlighting a large body of scientific literature pointing to how climate change can exacerbate droughts, floods, crop failures, and other disasters.—
Robert Schmad,
The Washington Examiner,
7 Sep. 2025
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The panel studying those cases released a report last year describing how the state child welfare agency missed warning signs and failed to protect dozens of children from dying of the illicit drug.—
Laura Bauer,
Kansas City Star,
7 Sep. 2025
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In court Monday, prosecutors said the man lived with the boy and was dating his mother.—
Christy Gutowski,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Sep. 2025
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The private couple have dated since 2018 and shared their engagement in January.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
EW.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Take out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/take%20out. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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