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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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In February, Wells Fargo provided advance notice to employees about the bank’s decision to exit the chief operating office global operations in the city, the bank said in a June 24 notice to the state and Winston-Salem Mayor J. Allen Joines.—
Catherine Muccigrosso,
Charlotte Observer,
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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Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
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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Anyone who wants to make dense, high-hydration pizza dough or a perfect meringue should keep walking, and instead check out WIRED's guide to the Best Stand Mixers.—
Matthew Korfhage,
Wired News,
29 June 2025
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Liam has repeatedly referenced a former City manager when ridiculing Noel’s decision to walk away.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
29 June 2025
Verb
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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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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
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Montgomery went 3-for-5 with the first-inning RBI triple and singles in the fourth and seventh innings in his second major-league game.—
LaMond Pope,
Chicago Tribune,
6 July 2025
Verb
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As New York closed in on Tuesday's vote, more investors got nervous as the polls showed Mamdani was leading.—
Jason Gewirtz,
CNBC,
26 June 2025
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Daniels gets his guy Aiyuk, who's the younger, and potentially better receiver.—
Michael Gallagher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 June 2025
Verb
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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 9 Jul. 2025.
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