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as in to exit
to leave a place often for another
we simply walked out after waiting half an hour for someone to come and serve us
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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
Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2025
Moments after Khalil walked out of the facility, lawyers for the Department of Justice filed a notice of appeal of Farbiarz’s ruling with the Third Circuit Court of Appeals.
—Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 20 June 2025
Norman Miller, USA Today, 4 June 2025
The home features a walkout lower level that is finished to the same high standards found in the rooms on the first and second floors.
—James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 1 June 2025
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Verb
Fans booed while stadium security recently booted out attendees who brought signs to games decrying ICE, but Kasten and his crew knew no one would walk out in solidarity.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2025
Moments after Khalil walked out of the facility, lawyers for the Department of Justice filed a notice of appeal of Farbiarz’s ruling with the Third Circuit Court of Appeals.
—Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 20 June 2025
Noun
On June 2, Milford High students staged a walkout protesting Gomes’ detention.
—Norman Miller, USA Today, 4 June 2025
The home features a walkout lower level that is finished to the same high standards found in the rooms on the first and second floors.
—James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 1 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for walk out
Verb
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These hiking physical human augmentation wearables are exiting the Trough of Disillusionment, led by three factors that work in their favor: low price, influencer content, and public demonstrations.—
Borislav "Bobby" Marinov,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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Fischer, also a former long-serving WME agent, had exited Buchwald in November 2024 after a two-year run at the agency as Head of Unscripted Content and Talent.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
30 June 2025
Verb
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Four bullets struck Shakur in the chest, arm and thigh.—
Danielle Bacher,
People.com,
1 July 2025
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The Senate struck a provision in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act that would have prohibited states from regulating AI for the next decade.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
1 July 2025
Verb
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Wales have done well under Wilkinson to move away from a hardened reputation as being Fishlock’s team and become more of a sum of their parts.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
27 June 2025
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If the bill moves ahead, the long-term combination of benefit reductions and swelling federal debt could outweigh the benefits of tax cuts for younger Americans, the Penn Wharton analysis said.—
Alain Sherter,
CBS News,
26 June 2025
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When police arrived, the vehicle was unoccupied, but police round the victim and another passenger walking about a block away.—
Sean Krofssik,
Hartford Courant,
29 June 2025
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Byron Buxton #25 of the Minnesota Twins walks to the dugout in the eighth inning of the game against the Seattle Mariners at Target Field on June 23, 2025 in...—
Andrew Wright,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 June 2025
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Over time, many of the drivers of their upside, from George Springer to Carlos Correa to Gerrit Cole to Justin Verlander to Tucker and Bregman, departed.—
Tony Blengino,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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The criminal complaint alleges that she was captured on surveillance footage carrying a black backpack entering the locker room area, appearing to take a photo of the vicinity, and departing without the backpack.—
Mike Brest,
The Washington Examiner,
1 July 2025
Verb
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Decked in his trademark fluorescent yellow, the run of 10,000 tickets for what has typically been one of Silverstone’s slower-selling grandstands went within 90 minutes.—
Luke Smith,
New York Times,
6 July 2025
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But everything depends on next weekend’s figures after the arrival of the first major box office threat, and the bigger the box office impact, the faster Jurassic World’s plans for a billion dollar summer may go extinct.—
Mark Hughes,
Forbes.com,
6 July 2025
Verb
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So much for my hope that Jess would get a promotion!—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
8 July 2025
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Maybe there's a path for Turner to get there eventually.—
Drew VonScio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 July 2025
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Iconic restaurants are closing, airport workers are being replaced by kiosks, hotels are pulling out, and working families are losing, not winning.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
5 July 2025
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Prime Day deals are usually the best of the year, so now’s the time to pull out the plastic for hot-ticket items on your wishlist.—
Mariana Best,
Better Homes & Gardens,
5 July 2025
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“Walk out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/walk%20out. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.
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