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as in unleashed
to find emotional release for
he took out his frustrations by splitting a cord of firewood
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as in accompanied
to go on a social engagement with
she'd like to take the new boy out to the movies sometime
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as in removed
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 murdered
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 taken out
Roy, who began serving as Oceanside’s treasurer in 2018 but lost re-election in 2024, also thinks politics should be taken out of the job as treasurer.
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Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2026
By the time the project was ready to be taken out in 2021, Port and Wiseman were working on Ghosts, which had been picked up to series in March of that year.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 1 May 2026
The letter also called for FEMA to be taken out from under DHS and restored to a Cabinet-level agency.
—ABC News, 30 Apr. 2026
If some are taken out, the mesh still works.
—Ben Tarnoff, Big Think, 23 Apr. 2026
There were also fears the child may have been taken out of the country for potential gender reassignment surgery before reaching puberty.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 22 Apr. 2026
The project is in the nascent stages, and is to be taken out to studios and streamers for presentations by CAA, who represents Bruckheimer, possibly as early as next week.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 22 Apr. 2026
Tybee Island has an open container ordinance, so drinks can be taken out onto the beach in to-go cups, but public intoxication laws will also be enforced.
—Irene Wright, USA Today, 17 Apr. 2026
He was later taken out of the VIP line to an ambulance via stretcher.
—Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 17 Apr. 2026
Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2026
By the time the project was ready to be taken out in 2021, Port and Wiseman were working on Ghosts, which had been picked up to series in March of that year.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 1 May 2026
The letter also called for FEMA to be taken out from under DHS and restored to a Cabinet-level agency.
—ABC News, 30 Apr. 2026
If some are taken out, the mesh still works.
—Ben Tarnoff, Big Think, 23 Apr. 2026
There were also fears the child may have been taken out of the country for potential gender reassignment surgery before reaching puberty.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 22 Apr. 2026
The project is in the nascent stages, and is to be taken out to studios and streamers for presentations by CAA, who represents Bruckheimer, possibly as early as next week.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 22 Apr. 2026
Tybee Island has an open container ordinance, so drinks can be taken out onto the beach in to-go cups, but public intoxication laws will also be enforced.
—Irene Wright, USA Today, 17 Apr. 2026
He was later taken out of the VIP line to an ambulance via stretcher.
—Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 17 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for taken out
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The departure of tenants unleashed a cascade of financial complications, court files show.—
George Avalos,
Mercury News,
4 May 2026
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Reaction there to that major Supreme Court ruling this week that has unleashed a new round of mid-decade redistricting after the justices narrowed Section 2 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 May 2026
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Some celebrity dogs are just as famous as their human parents, including Pilaf — Demi Moore's teeny-tiny pup who has accompanied her everywhere from fashion week to Broadway shows — and Ariana Grande's Toulouse, who graced the cover of Vogue in August 2019.—
Alexandra Schonfeld,
PEOPLE,
9 May 2026
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Head chef and owner Diego Briones has created an accomplished, light-hearted menu with hero European ingredients such as white asparagus, accompanied by more unusual combinations like coconut and green papaya.—
Jaymi McCann,
TheWeek,
8 May 2026
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IndyCar removed a Freedom 250 Grand Prix T-shirt from the shopping section of its official website Wednesday in the wake of criticism that the product’s messaging was tone deaf and open to a racist interpretation.—
Curt Anderson,
New York Times,
7 May 2026
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Prior to this conversation, Carmy secretly removed his name from the restaurant's partnership agreement.—
Samantha Stutsman,
PEOPLE,
6 May 2026
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Last week, Chicago police Officer John Bartholomew was murdered in the line of duty by a seven-time felon on parole who had multiple criminal arrest warrants, according to authorities.—
Silvana Tabares,
Chicago Tribune,
4 May 2026
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The case of 19-year-old Kristin Smart, who was murdered in her California Polytechnic State University dorm room in 1996, went cold until 2019 when Christopher Lambert, then a Cal Poly student, started a podcast, Your Own Backyard.—
The Week US,
TheWeek,
4 May 2026
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The ages of the victims and the origin of the train were not immediately released.—
Joe Kottke,
NBC news,
11 May 2026
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The couple was released three days later, but the children have remained in state custody ever since.—
Ava Kofman,
New Yorker,
11 May 2026
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These attacks often provided a larger cultural pretext for the campaigns of extralegal political violence that terrorized Black voters in the South, assassinated political leaders, and marred the integrity of several of the region’s major elections.—
Robert D. Bland,
The Conversation,
30 Apr. 2026
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An al-Qaida affiliate and an allied separatist group assassinated Mali’s defense minister and captured key territory in the country’s north during the attacks.—
Preeti Jha,
semafor.com,
29 Apr. 2026
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Stewart was referring to West’s infamous feud with Davidson, who dated West’s ex-wife, Kim Kardashian.—
Pat Saperstein,
Variety,
8 May 2026
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Other investigations showed Darsee had fooled co-authors of many papers that dated back to his college days at Notre Dame.—
Lawrence K. Altman,
STAT,
7 May 2026
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Bartholomew, 38, was slain in a shooting inside Endeavor Health Swedish Hospital on April 25 that also seriously injured a second officer, Nelson Crespo.—
Caroline Kubzansky,
Chicago Tribune,
8 May 2026
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One of their sons, Mark Dermond, was slain in a drug deal gone wrong in 2000.—
Dan Raby,
CBS News,
8 May 2026
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“Taken out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/taken%20out. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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