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Recent Examples of Synonyms for zones out
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Burroughs explained at least four presses will fire up as the game winds down, operating from sunset to sunrise.—
Kelly Werthmann,
CBS News,
22 Jan. 2026 -
Vanderbilt will acquire the California College of the Arts campus in the city’s downtown, as the roughly 120-year-old school winds down its operations by 2027, according to a release.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
14 Jan. 2026
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Parker’s series starts out with too much bellowing and yelling along with hazing and bullying but loosens up and broadens out to peer into the lives of other recruits who are wrestling with demons and sometimes each other.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
16 Oct. 2025
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As your car idles, warm air blown from the top of your dashboard will melt the ice on the outside of the windshield.—
Meghan Overdeep,
Southern Living,
27 Dec. 2025
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Security camera footage shows a black vehicle park in front of Café Bernardo, a restaurant, and idles for about two minutes.—
Madisen Keavy,
CBS News,
17 Dec. 2025
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The cranky and irritating backseat driver, who bums a lift midway through the Griswolds' adventure, also has with her the easily excitable pooch Dinky.—
Jordan Hoffman,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 Sep. 2025
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As the cake chills out, add fresh raspberries to a blender pitcher and purée until smooth.—
Karla Walsh,
Better Homes & Gardens,
17 Jan. 2026
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But while the new movie dawdles on its way to Toxie’s origins, then rushes toward a finale with a lurching rhythm that verges on calculated ineptitude, its spirit never feels inauthentic.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
29 Aug. 2025
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“Zones out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/zones%20out. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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