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
David W. Brown, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
But Saturday’s game was the kind of event South Florida turns out for and the cheapest ticket an hour before game cost $338 on Ticketmaster.
—Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 5 Apr. 2026
Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 7 Apr. 2026
Special election turnout is unpredictable, but Harris' overperformance in Georgia tonight fits into broader narratives about Democrats' chances in the midterms, especially if the war in Iran continues on and gas prices for Americans continue to rise.
—Halle Troadec, ABC News, 7 Apr. 2026
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Verb
The message turned out to be a false alarm.
—David W. Brown, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
But Saturday’s game was the kind of event South Florida turns out for and the cheapest ticket an hour before game cost $338 on Ticketmaster.
—Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 5 Apr. 2026
Noun
Meanwhile, Laurence, Rhoda, and Oscar make the bottom three, which is another disappointing turnout for the former two, whose mochi trio in the previous episode was dinged, too.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 7 Apr. 2026
Special election turnout is unpredictable, but Harris' overperformance in Georgia tonight fits into broader narratives about Democrats' chances in the midterms, especially if the war in Iran continues on and gas prices for Americans continue to rise.
—Halle Troadec, ABC News, 7 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for turn out
Verb
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The state still plans to roll out the rules early, starting July 1, despite its long struggle with system backlogs that applicants said have delayed benefits.—
Sam Whitehead,
CBS News,
9 Apr. 2026
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Kelly’s reform package was rolled out in tandem with a veto and scathing rebuke of a GOP bill that would have empowered 10% of voters in cities, counties and school districts to reject budgets that spend more than the previous year.—
Matthew Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
9 Apr. 2026
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Turns out, the Ecovacs Deebot X9 Pro Omni is basically the floor-cleaning equivalent of a secret service agent.—
Juhi Wadia,
PC Magazine,
10 Apr. 2026
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Checking them off your spring-cleaning to-do list now will clear the way for more labor-intensive deep-cleaning tasks down the line.—
Jolie Kerr,
Better Homes & Gardens,
10 Apr. 2026
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Kyle is just outing herself as a gossip and is distorting what everyone has to say to try to one-up Dorit in her own life.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
27 Mar. 2026
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The public quickly turned on The Sun for effectively outing Edwards.—
K.J. Yossman,
Variety,
24 Mar. 2026
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At the end of the check-in, a peer support specialist sent in quotes from the client to ARC’s billing department to prove the discussion took place so the company could then bill Medicaid for the service.—
Alex Acquisto,
CNN Money,
9 Apr. 2026
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Yet the psychological impact — on local populations, on the economy of metropolitan Dubai, on the commercial shipping sector and the oil market — has proven Iran is capable of exacting greater pain than its conventional military capabilities would suggest.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Apr. 2026
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Some, in exchange for gigs at the Fidesz-run enterprises, supply Orbánism its pseudo-intellectual gloss.—
Kapil Komireddi,
New Yorker,
10 Apr. 2026
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She’s scheduled to play at Belgium’s Pukkelpop in August before gigs in Reading and Leeds in the United Kingdom.—
Cheyenne Roundtree,
Rolling Stone,
10 Apr. 2026
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Where will all these sciolistic refugees from woke America go if that largesse dries up?—
Kapil Komireddi,
New Yorker,
10 Apr. 2026
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Kawamura has also given us a genuinely genius take on the waking existential crisis that is 21st century living.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
10 Apr. 2026
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Ozzie Albies hit his third home run of the season, starter Reynaldo López struck out seven in 4 2/3 innings before being ejected after a bench-clearing brawl, and the Atlanta Braves beat the Los Angeles Angels 7-2 on Tuesday night.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
8 Apr. 2026
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Atlanta Braves pitcher Reynaldo López and Los Angeles Angels designated hitter Jorge Soler were ejected after getting into a brawl Tuesday night.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
8 Apr. 2026
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So, in a general process of professionalization that changed the way that music was experienced, raising standards while widening the gap between expert and amateur, the mandolin fell out of fashion.—
Tim Parks,
New Yorker,
11 Apr. 2026
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Police, however, didn't question him about any physical or forensic evidence found, rather focusing on what the couple was doing in the Bahamas and what happened in the hours prior to Lynette falling out of the dinghy.—
Adam Sabes , Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
11 Apr. 2026
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“Turn out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turn%20out. Accessed 12 Apr. 2026.
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