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noun

as in strike
a work stoppage by a body of workers intended to force an employer to meet their demands after four weeks of the walkout, management gave in

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Recent Examples of walk out
Verb
For example, when the same person who earned $100 playing blackjack wins and walks out of the casino, there is no clear paper trail connecting them to the $100 win. Nathan Goldman, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025 Manhattan date photos of Swift and Kelce on June 20, walking out of a restaurant, and then on June 29, walking into a hotel off the West Side Highway. Bryan West, The Tennessean, 4 July 2025
Noun
Marcelo Gomes da Silva, a Milford High School junior born in Brazil, motivated students to stage a walkout at the Massachusetts school days after he was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents on his way to volleyball practice. Arkansas Online, 4 June 2025 The sense of unity came in contrast to last year's graduation at Harvard College, the undergraduate school, when hundreds staged a walkout to decry the disqualification of 13 students who had been involved in protests against the war in Gaza. Daniella Silva, NBC news, 29 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for walk out
Recent Examples of Synonyms for walk out
Verb
  • The pilot and three passengers were able to safely exit the plane.
    Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 14 July 2025
  • Here, exiting through the gift shop—fittingly named Lucky Rabbit—is a way to keep the story going at home.
    AFAR Media, AFAR Media, 14 July 2025
Verb
  • According to Secretary of State Bill Galvin, the ongoing dispute between the company and more than 450 striking members of Teamsters Local 25 should have been resolved already.
    Matthew Medsger, Boston Herald, 14 July 2025
  • The menu strikes the perfect balance—not too extensive, not too sparse.
    Susmita Baral, Travel + Leisure, 14 July 2025
Verb
  • As the storm moves away, this likelihood decreases.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 8 July 2025
  • Through the soil created by centuries of decomposing plant life, through rocks ground down by shifting rivers and slowly moving mountains.
    Camila Domonoske, NPR, 8 July 2025
Verb
  • Alas, in the absence of time machines, everyone who’s ever walked the earth has been doomed to live in what is, to them, the present.
    Judy Berman, Time, 11 July 2025
  • The union hopes to walk away from the Indy meeting with more confidence that a deal will be done before the deadline.
    Eric Jackson, Sportico.com, 11 July 2025
Verb
  • According to flight tracker Flightradar24, the plane departed at 2:36 p.m. and returned to the ground at 3:22 p.m.
    Colson Thayer, People.com, 14 July 2025
  • The team departed from Alexandria to the airport soon after what became its final match of the tournament.
    Lee Igel, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
Verb
  • The story goes that the robbery occurred in broad daylight while occupants of Villa Nellcôte watched TV, having reportedly been conducted by Marseille drug dealers that Richards was said to have owed money to.
    Tyler Jenke, Billboard, 15 July 2025
  • The Monday night downpour went viral on social media after the rain inundated the 28th St. station on the No. 1 subway train, causing major late-night delays.
    Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 15 July 2025
Verb
  • Maybe there's a path for Turner to get there eventually.
    Drew VonScio, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 July 2025
  • So much for my hope that Jess would get a promotion!
    Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 8 July 2025
Verb
  • But when Morejón was named a replacement for Zack Wheeler, who pulled out in order to rest during the All-Star break, that is the one that tickled the Padres the most.
    Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 July 2025
  • However, Giles was forced to pull out of the fight due to an injury suffered during his weight cut.
    Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025

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