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
NPR, 6 Nov. 2025
If the employee turned out to be a fugitive from slavery, the employer was fined 50 cents for each day of employment — paid to the enslaver.
—Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
Kansas City Star, 7 Nov. 2025
In New York City, 34-year-old democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani was elected mayor after the city recorded its highest turnout in more than five decades.
—Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2025
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Verb
Wall Street's expensive bet against Zohran Mamdani turned out to be a bad investment.
—NPR, 6 Nov. 2025
If the employee turned out to be a fugitive from slavery, the employer was fined 50 cents for each day of employment — paid to the enslaver.
—Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
Noun
Lower turnout ranging between 15% and 20% is pretty common during local elections in Wyandotte County, Abbott said.
—Kansas City Star, 7 Nov. 2025
In New York City, 34-year-old democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani was elected mayor after the city recorded its highest turnout in more than five decades.
—Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for turn out
Verb
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Recurring gags, like one with Madonna suddenly falling asleep mid-sentence, are surprising and therefore funny the first time they’re rolled out, and then less surprising and therefore less funny with each repetition.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Nov. 2025
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The holiday images will inspire window displays being rolled out worldwide, featuring a midnight-blue background decorated with Chinese lantern illuminations, trunks, the Vuitton family home in Asnières, and blossoming flowers and stars from the Monogram canvas motif.—
Joelle Diderich,
Footwear News,
7 Nov. 2025
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Her goal in including hygiene items and cleaning supplies in the pantry is to ensure families don’t need to choose between nutrition and other forms of self-care, Ortega said.—
Alyssa N. Salcedo,
jsonline.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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Depending on how often your household uses your microwave, the inside should be cleaned at least once a week with dish soap and hot water on a microfiber cloth.—
Lauren Wicks,
Southern Living,
6 Nov. 2025
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After Julia outed their affair in the one true bombshell of the season and Adriana wowed everyone by bringing up a Haitian mortician who got a free coffee maker (an excellent Halloween costume, BTW), the next season will just be the two of them sniping and shouting.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
31 Oct. 2025
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Syracuse has also lost the last two meetings between these programs, failing to score more than seven points in either outing (in 2023 and 2020).—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
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The middle class, desperate to prove this distinction too, would spend an outsized portion of their income on glimmering dresses and other purchases meant to be seen by others.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
9 Nov. 2025
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All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.—
Jasmine Baehr,
FOXNews.com,
9 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The trio of Jagger, Richards, and Watts played their first gig together in 1962, before Beatlemania.—
John Lingan,
Rolling Stone,
8 Nov. 2025
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Matthieu Sauret took a different path before landing the lead gig in the heritage department of Jaeger-LeCoultre at just 33 years old, in 2020.—
Paige Reddinger,
Robb Report,
8 Nov. 2025
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The boy jerks his head as if to wake himself, turns around abruptly and looks the other way, even though there’s nothing special to see besides darkness and emptiness, which is where a living eye should never look.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Nov. 2025
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What begins as a ritual to have their deepest wishes granted soon twists into a waking nightmare of survival and betrayal.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
10 Nov. 2025
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Cavaliers coach Kenny Atkinson was ejected late in the third quarter for arguing the lopsided free-throw discrepancy in Monday’s loss to the Heat.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
11 Nov. 2025
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The vehicle overturned and McClure was ejected from it.—
Daniel McFadin,
Arkansas Online,
10 Nov. 2025
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The biggest ovation of the night came when Keon Ellis, who has fallen out of the rotation despite being one of the team’s best defenders and 3-point shooters, entered the game for the first time at the start of the fourth quarter.—
Jason Anderson,
Sacbee.com,
10 Nov. 2025
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Instead of slamming it home, Antetokounmpo soared over the defenders to make an improbable catch, landed and flicked an on-target pass to Rollins for a corner 3 before falling out of bounds to give Milwaukee a 14-point lead.—
Eric Nehm,
New York Times,
8 Nov. 2025
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“Turn out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turn%20out. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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