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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
Since Youngblood had told him the cartel had taken out a contract on his family, Perardi had lived in a perpetual state of emergency.
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Matthew Bremner, Rolling Stone, 11 Feb. 2026
Goode was upstairs taking a shower and his wife and son were downstairs taking out Christmas decorations when police knocked down the front door because a report was made that Goode had murdered his wife, Becker said.
—Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2026
Born in Shady Side in Anne Arundel County, Leatherbury took out his trainer’s license in 1958 and won his first race the next year at Sunland Park, now known as Tampa Bay Downs.
—Beth Harris, Baltimore Sun, 11 Feb. 2026
Under the current rules, borrowers can take out the full cost of tuition no matter the costs.
—Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 11 Feb. 2026
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Matthew Bremner, Rolling Stone, 11 Feb. 2026
Goode was upstairs taking a shower and his wife and son were downstairs taking out Christmas decorations when police knocked down the front door because a report was made that Goode had murdered his wife, Becker said.
—Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2026
Born in Shady Side in Anne Arundel County, Leatherbury took out his trainer’s license in 1958 and won his first race the next year at Sunland Park, now known as Tampa Bay Downs.
—Beth Harris, Baltimore Sun, 11 Feb. 2026
Under the current rules, borrowers can take out the full cost of tuition no matter the costs.
—Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 11 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for take out
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In true February college basketball fashion, Tang unleashed his aggravation about his torpedoing season.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
17 Feb. 2026
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By Jeran Wittenstein and Ryan Vlastelica | Bloomberg The stock market turmoil unleashed by the artificial-intelligence industry reflects two fears that are increasingly at odds.—
Bloomberg,
Oc Register,
16 Feb. 2026
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He was arrested after authorities found $10,000 in his truck, and 175 pounds of marijuana in the trunk of an accompanying car driven by an associate.—
Mac Engel
February 13,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 Feb. 2026
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Several classrooms, a kitchen, a cafeteria and an on-site laundry room accompany the 18-unit building.—
F. Amanda Tugade,
Des Moines Register,
13 Feb. 2026
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The trooper then removed Jackson from the vehicle.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
17 Feb. 2026
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Jailbreaking in this context refers to a process that removes software restrictions placed on a piece of hardware.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Feb. 2026
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Just days after lawmakers finished business, House DFL leader and former speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, were assassinated at their Brooklyn Park home.—
Alex Derosier,
Twin Cities,
15 Feb. 2026
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Similarly, moments after Charlie Kirk was assassinated at Utah Valley University, an eyewitness recorded and posted a TikTok video that went instantly viral.—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
14 Feb. 2026
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However, that petition was later withdrawn in 2025, the complaint said.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
13 Feb. 2026
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China has invested little in Russia’s economy, and nowhere near the amount that the West withdrew after Putin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.—
Alan Cullison,
The Atlantic,
13 Feb. 2026
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The development appears to confirm accusations from Navalny’s widow and others that he was murdered by Russian authorities seeking to eliminate a threat to President Vladimir Putin.—
Emily Hallas,
The Washington Examiner,
14 Feb. 2026
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Al-Qaeda murdered nearly 3,000 Americans on 9/11.—
Josef Joffe,
The Atlantic,
14 Feb. 2026
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But its last shutdown plan, released in late September, indicates that 91% of its employees would continue to work without pay.—
Riley Beggin,
Arkansas Online,
14 Feb. 2026
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On day four of the search, the Guthrie siblings released a video on social media.—
Paige Williams,
New Yorker,
14 Feb. 2026
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The conviction last week closes a case that dates to December, when Hernandez was found guilty of two counts of child abuse likely to produce great bodily harm or death.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Feb. 2026
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Whether facing emotional burnout, therapy culture fatigue, or dating uncertainty, the return of symbolic meaning can help to avoid relationship ambiguity.—
Felysha Walker,
Miami Herald,
17 Feb. 2026
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“Take out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/take%20out. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.
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