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noun

as in exercise
something done over and over in order to develop skill a workout with dumbbells for building the muscles of the arms

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Verb
In 2023, city officials announced that a Whole Foods Market would be moving into the space, according to past reporting, after working out a deal with former Blue Goose Market President and CEO Paul Lencioni, who previously served on St. Charles’ City Council. Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 25 June 2025 Advertisement Advertisement Since Donald Trump began his second term, his Administration has been working out agreements with countries including El Salvador, Guatemala, Kosovo, Rwanda, and more to accept expelled migrants from the U.S. no matter their country of origin. Chad De Guzman, Time, 24 June 2025
Noun
Several second-round prospects who came to Sacramento for pre-draft workouts were available at No. 42, including Australian forward Alex Toohey, Serbian center Bogoljub Markovic, Wisconsin forward John Tonje and Duke guard Tyrese Proctor. Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 27 June 2025 While outsiders see the 45-minute indoor cycling class as just another workout, Webster understands that for SoulCycle riders, those 45 minutes feel more like a concert or a spiritual experience. Katherine Fung, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for work out
Recent Examples of Synonyms for work out
Verb
  • The Yankees could solve both of those problems by trading for a third baseman and moving Chisholm back to second base.
    Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 June 2025
  • Ever since 2002, when the Iranian nuclear program was revealed to the world, some elements inside the regime have sought to solve the resulting crisis through normalization with the West and integration with the global economy.
    Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 25 June 2025
Verb
  • Rosenberg emphasizes that at this point, AI is still just another tool that’s used for developing content—like CGI.
    Sydney Lake, Fortune, 24 June 2025
  • None of the potential draftees grew 4 inches or developed a different jump shot in the last month.
    Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 24 June 2025
Verb
  • She was immediately succeeded by her eldest son, Charles, 76.
    Simon Perry, People.com, 24 June 2025
  • Platforms succeed when others can build confidently without needing to ask for help every time.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
Verb
  • This year’s snub doesn’t figure to start a trend, however, as incoming freshman guard Darryn Peterson is ESPN.com’s early choice to be selected No. 1 overall in June 2026.
    Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 30 June 2025
  • Walker Buehler has spent weeks now trying to figure things out.
    Mac Cerullo, Hartford Courant, 29 June 2025
Noun
  • The point of this exercise was to see where Montreal fits in the marketplace.
    Arpon Basu, New York Times, 21 June 2025
  • The 50-minute classes, which combine vinyasa yoga with the core-strengthening and toning benefits of Pilates, welcome a maximum of six people, allowing instructors to guide people through the exercises with care and adapt each session to individual needs and fitness level.
    Andrea Onate, Footwear News, 20 June 2025
Verb
  • In the weeks ahead, BLA will answer the complaint and offer several defenses in hopes of convincing a court to dismiss the case.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 24 June 2025
  • These are critical questions every firm must answer to lay the groundwork for confidence during uncertain times.
    Amy Bjarnason, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
Verb
  • True market leadership isn’t built during stable times—it’s forged through uncertainty.
    Padmakumar Nair, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
  • Yet when the Obama Administration managed to forge a nuclear deal, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, Netanyahu denounced it as weak.
    David Remnick, New Yorker, 21 June 2025
Verb
  • The transponders onboard Relay 2 stopped responding to radio signals in June 1967, after which point the satellite went silent—until last June.
    Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 June 2025
  • As the story goes, Jackson Pollock stepped onto a canvas in 1947, drizzled some paint here and there, and God reached a bony finger down from the heavens and pressed it upon the scale of art history, tilting it from Europe to the United States.
    Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 24 June 2025

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