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
Kevin Sherrington
feb. 23, Dallas Morning News, 23 Feb. 2026
The complaint alleges that Rodriquez and two other officers then arrested Streeter even though his license plate turned out to be valid, kept him in custody overnight and charged him with displaying false registration.
—Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 23 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
Fewer media turn out for the winter, too, which is nice.
—Kevin Sherrington
feb. 23, Dallas Morning News, 23 Feb. 2026
The complaint alleges that Rodriquez and two other officers then arrested Streeter even though his license plate turned out to be valid, kept him in custody overnight and charged him with displaying false registration.
—Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 23 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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Two days later, on February 21, Kate Middleton stepped out for her first solo outing post-arrest.—
Rachel Burchfield,
InStyle,
23 Feb. 2026
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Like people are trying their best to follow the letter of the law or the exact wording of these orders without completely outing their trans sailors.—
Lauren Hodges,
NPR,
21 Feb. 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
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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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Eventually, the moon could be ejected from its orbit entirely.—
Jacopo Prisco,
CNN Money,
23 Feb. 2026
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Their teammates immediately rushed over, and Pippen and Gardner were both ejected from the game after the altercation was broken up.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
23 Feb. 2026
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Eventually, though, the pendulum swung the other way, as the chunky, shell-toed shoe fell out of fashion, making way for the the return of the streamlined Samba.—
Hannah Jackson,
Vogue,
20 Feb. 2026
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Our hourglass is full then, and the sand seems to be falling out slowly.—
Bea L. Hines,
Miami Herald,
20 Feb. 2026
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“Turn out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turn%20out. Accessed 25 Feb. 2026.
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