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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as in gig
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Recent Examples of turn out
Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 2 Mar. 2026
Its affiliation with Harvard also turned out to be bogus.
—Yuki Noguchi, NPR, 2 Mar. 2026
Greg Evans, Deadline, 24 Feb. 2026
The group is also pushing to switch the city to even-year elections in order to align with statewide elections and increase voter turnout.
—Miami Herald, 24 Feb. 2026
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Verb
Hayley turns out to be a call girl Halberstram had hired to woo and blackmail powerful figures.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 2 Mar. 2026
Its affiliation with Harvard also turned out to be bogus.
—Yuki Noguchi, NPR, 2 Mar. 2026
Noun
Attendance was off just 2 percent, though, at 242,027, suggesting that a decent turnout for much of the week helped offset those Sunday night cancellations caused by the 18-inch pile-up.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 24 Feb. 2026
The group is also pushing to switch the city to even-year elections in order to align with statewide elections and increase voter turnout.
—Miami Herald, 24 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for turn out
Verb
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Zimbabwe has begun rolling out lenacapavir, a long-acting HIV prevention drug administered twice a year.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
26 Feb. 2026
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Inside Toyota Stadium, the large soccer tifo banner appeared, rolled out and held up by fans after the national anthem, a nod of encouragement for the team’s coach, Eric Quill.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
25 Feb. 2026
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To clean light soot buildup, Silva-Nash recommends using a quality glass cleaner paired with a microfiber cloth to sufficiently restore clarity.—
Daley Quinn,
Southern Living,
27 Feb. 2026
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Teens can give back to their community and earn service time on Tuesday night by helping to spring clean the library.—
Melissa Grzybowski,
Austin American Statesman,
27 Feb. 2026
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The 2000s pop-star is coming off a Las Vegas residency, and will kick off a tour of her new album this summer – her first world outing in nearly 20 years – before heading on an international leg that stretches into 2027.—
Rachel Hale,
USA Today,
27 Feb. 2026
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White segregationists and liberals have outed Black people as deviant to maintain their claims to normalcy and socioeconomic dominance.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Feb. 2026
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But the man who absolutely dominated the game from day 1 was still more than satisfied to prove people’s assumptions about him wrong.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
27 Feb. 2026
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During periods of volatility and uncertainty, sticking to your long-term plan and tuning out the noise can also prove to be a compelling strategy, analysts said.—
John Towfighi,
CNN Money,
27 Feb. 2026
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Burke has already lined up his next gig.—
Allison DeGrushe,
Entertainment Weekly,
27 Feb. 2026
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As creating content has become his full-time gig, Davis has expanded his operations.—
Heather Bushman,
IndyStar,
27 Feb. 2026
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The sci-fi thriller follows junior high teacher Ryland Grace (played by Ryan Gosling), who wakes from a coma alone on a spaceship.—
Brittany Anas,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 Feb. 2026
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Another theory is that lucid dreams might be too much like waking consciousness to help with solving problems.—
Veronique Greenwood,
Time,
26 Feb. 2026
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Kansas coach Bill Self was ejected from Tuesday’s game against Arizona State with his Jayhawks trailing late in the first half.—
Shreyas Laddha,
Kansas City Star,
4 Mar. 2026
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Due to a combination of factors, including radiation from the shining stars, stellar cataclysms, and virialization effects, the remnant normal matter then gets ejected, with either very few or possibly even no stars existing where the main galactic body normally is.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
3 Mar. 2026
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The two men were friends for years before falling out in the early 2000s.—
Dan Mangan,
CNBC,
27 Feb. 2026
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In a resurfaced clip from a 2024 interview with economist Tyler Cowen, Thiel said the odds are falling out of favor for STEM folks.—
Jake Angelo,
Fortune,
26 Feb. 2026
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“Turn out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turn%20out. Accessed 5 Mar. 2026.
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