1
as in to roll out
to leave one's bed
we turn out early on workdays
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2
as in to clean
to remove the dirt from
it's our practice to turn out the room after guests stay over
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3
as in to out
to drive or force out
angrily turned their adult son out of their home for using drugs
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Recent Examples of turn out
Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Feb. 2026
And if everything goes right, power might turn out not to be such a weakness after all.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 15 Feb. 2026
Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2026
That marks the biggest TV turnout for the game since 2011—and underscores why there’s no excuse for the NBA to squander its annual midwinter opportunity.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 16 Feb. 2026
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Verb
The resort hosts an ample breakfast buffet each morning at EsQuilina, the main restaurant, which often turns out to be a better deal than ordering à la carte.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Feb. 2026
And if everything goes right, power might turn out not to be such a weakness after all.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 15 Feb. 2026
Noun
According to voting experts, such drops in confidence and fears about voter intimidation are alarming — and raise serious questions about voter turnout in a pivotal midterm election that could radically reshape American politics.
—Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2026
That marks the biggest TV turnout for the game since 2011—and underscores why there’s no excuse for the NBA to squander its annual midwinter opportunity.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 16 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for turn out
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Gantzel noted that late last year, the city of La Mesa rolled out temporary rubber speed humps on Date Avenue as part of a pilot program aiming to slow traffic and improve neighborhood safety.—
Noah Lyons,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Feb. 2026
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Noetix Robotics showed off its capability in creating humanoids made to look like real people, with an actress rolling out an android version of herself in a comedy skit.—
Simone McCarthy,
CNN Money,
18 Feb. 2026
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Don’t neglect cleaning the interior of the air fryer.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
20 Feb. 2026
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For instance, Data Engineers and Cloud Architects are now the essential architects of the digital age, cleaning and structuring the massive data sets that AI requires to function.—
Lyssanoel Frater,
USA Today,
20 Feb. 2026
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Of course, these posts outing Khan as a potential Twitter troll—this time anonymously as compared to the troll activity on his own account—led to harassing tweets from pro-AEW accounts.—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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The San Jose State controversy initially gained traction in conservative media outlets, including the website Reduxx, which outed the athlete before the 2024 season.—
Julia Prodis Sulek,
Mercury News,
28 Jan. 2026
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But his man-of-the-people image has suffered some serious blows over the past year, and a corruption scandal has proved particularly damaging to a president elected on a promise to clean up politics.—
Ivana Kottasová,
CNN Money,
20 Feb. 2026
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In these squabbles, lies are told, stories are made up and the mantra that there are two sides to everything is proven false.—
Dave Lieber,
Dallas Morning News,
19 Feb. 2026
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This jaw-dropping arts center also hosts plays, dance performances, classical concerts, and contemporary music gigs by major names such as Bob Dylan, Patti Smith, Björk, New Order, Paul Weller, and Lorde.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
21 Feb. 2026
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Before the new gig, Howerton served as a general assignment reporter and Wall worked as an anchor and reporter.—
Brayden Garcia,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Persistent overheating triggers wake signals.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Feb. 2026
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The fear of having Amazon eat its lunch woke Walmart up.—
Diane Brady,
Fortune,
20 Feb. 2026
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Canada’s Tom Wilson and French player Pierre Crinon were ejected for fighting in Canada’s win on Sunday.—
Fernanda Figueroa,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Feb. 2026
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The 39-year-old actor was ejected from a Royal Street business after causing a disturbance, according to police.—
Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
17 Feb. 2026
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The gun could easily fall out of that holster.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
13 Feb. 2026
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Perfect with a simple jeans-and-tee combo, this staple piece is one that’ll get year-round wear and never fall out of fashion.—
Lane Nieset,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Feb. 2026
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“Turn out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turn%20out. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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