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as in exits
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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Recent Examples of walks out
After turning the lock with his teeth and tongue, Dawson pushes open the front door and walks out into the night.
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Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 7 Jan. 2026
Readers meet Anne, who walks out of Eden not out of rebellion but love.
—Maria Williams, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
My son, every morning, walks out with an Inter Miami Messi jersey, 8 years old, and he’s obsessed with him.
—Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
Nora, of A Doll’s House, is a wife and mother who walks out on her family, society be damned.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 22 Oct. 2025
Shannon moans right about the time Jenn walks out to see what the commotion is all about.
—Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 10 Oct. 2025
No one walks out on Cristina Yang!
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2025
With each employee who walks out the door, operational decay follows, with remaining employees often disengaging from their work.
—Tara Fitzpatrick-Navarro, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 7 Jan. 2026
Readers meet Anne, who walks out of Eden not out of rebellion but love.
—Maria Williams, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
My son, every morning, walks out with an Inter Miami Messi jersey, 8 years old, and he’s obsessed with him.
—Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
Nora, of A Doll’s House, is a wife and mother who walks out on her family, society be damned.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 22 Oct. 2025
Shannon moans right about the time Jenn walks out to see what the commotion is all about.
—Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 10 Oct. 2025
No one walks out on Cristina Yang!
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2025
With each employee who walks out the door, operational decay follows, with remaining employees often disengaging from their work.
—Tara Fitzpatrick-Navarro, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for walks out
Verb
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Ensure no youth exits state custody alone.—
Sarah Healy Eagan,
Hartford Courant,
27 Jan. 2026
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Sanagustin, who exits as president of Pine Tree Entertainment for the role, will report to Tana Jamieson, co-head and executive vp creative affairs.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Jan. 2026
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The root cause of the disappointing guidance — a reduction in manufacturing capacity ahead of a big increase in demand for Intel’s central processing units — strikes me as a stunningly bad strategic decision.—
Peter Cohan,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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Bob The Drag Queen strikes a pose during press day for Moulin Rouge!—
Escher Walcott,
PEOPLE,
26 Jan. 2026
Verb
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One slightly wrong rate in a budget, procurement forecast, or loan estimate easily moves millions of dollars in the wrong direction.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
8 Jan. 2026
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The Honda moves forward, turning to the right.—
Devon Lum,
Twin Cities,
8 Jan. 2026
Verb
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That agent then walks quickly away from the scuffle.—
Thomas Bordeaux,
CNN Money,
25 Jan. 2026
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In the photograph, MacLaine walks arm in arm with a young man wearing a red T-shirt and jeans.—
Lori A Bashian,
FOXNews.com,
24 Jan. 2026
Verb
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The question now is will the Chargers’ defense be as sound and productive if defensive coordinator Jesse Minter departs for one of the many head coaching positions around the NFL?—
Elliott Teaford,
Oc Register,
13 Jan. 2026
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House of Fear also departs from its predecessors in that there can be only one winner.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
9 Jan. 2026
Verb
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The story famously goes that the W16 configuration was sketched by Piëch on a bullet train in Japan.—
Karl Brauer,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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This year’s crop of nominees also proved that age is nothing but a number, as the saying goes.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
22 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Indiana Pacers Another surprisingly expensive team, the reigning Eastern Conference champions would likely go into the tax if restricted free agent Bennedict Mathurin gets an appropriate salary over the summer.—
Danny Leroux,
New York Times,
28 Jan. 2026
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Here's where this case gets even messier.—
Megan De Mar,
CBS News,
28 Jan. 2026
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The impressive North American tree, thriving in growing zones 4 through 8, is renowned for its unique gray bark that peels off in shaggy plates.—
SJ McShane,
Martha Stewart,
21 Jan. 2026
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Manucurist even has its own safe gel polish that doesn’t contain harmful chemicals and peels off easily without acetone.—
Melony Forcier,
InStyle,
15 Jan. 2026
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“Walks out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/walks%20out. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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