exited

verb

past tense of exit
1
as in departed
to leave a place often for another in case of fire, exit from the building in a calm and orderly fashion

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2
as in died
to stop living expressed her wish to exit surrounded by family and friends

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Recent Examples of exited It got pushed back a year and the female lead changed when Rosa Salazar exited and Melissa Fumero came on. — Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2026 The following season, Philadelphia exited in the National League Championship Series, and the next two years saw losses in the Division Series. — ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026 Alme will still likely win based on the latest polling, but the margin could have been closer if Bankhead exited the race. — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 13 Oct. 2026 Yamamoto exited after giving up three runs and four hits in the shortest start of his career. — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026 Eventually, the car exited the highway and pulled off into the nocturnal quiet of a random peninsula neighborhood. — Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026 Shipley, who scored his first career touchdown in the 19-17 Week 5 loss to the Jaguars, exited the game in the second quarter and never returned. — Tom Ignudo, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2026 Éric Vallat, a former cognac executive who joined Lacoste as its chief executive officer last year, has exited the brand. — Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2026 Oldman revealed in September that Lowden was among those rumored to take over the role of the British secret agent after Daniel Craig exited the Bond franchise in 2021. — Mariel Turner, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for exited
  1. departed
  2. died
  3. moved
  4. fell
  5. went
  6. perished
  7. got
  8. fled
Verb
  • The defendant and others are said to have used a yacht that departed from the German port of Rostock.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Unfortunately, this future focus dwindled and largely disappeared in the following decades as key leaders departed Congress, and their successors pursued other interests.
    — John T. Shaw, Chicago Tribune, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of departed
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  • In the town of Chhatak, also in the Sylhet region, the daughter of 30-year-old carpenter Humayun Rashid died unvaccinated in June aged nine months.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Four people died and dozens more were injured after a fire broke out at a Canadian military base in Alberta on Saturday, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Sunday afternoon.
    — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of died
Verb
  • The new walkers moved even more slowly to emphasize their enormous weight.
    — Davide Abbatescianni, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The alleged rivalry between Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle was seemingly dying down—but then Meghan and Prince Harry moved back to the UK.
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of moved
Verb
  • Griess, the superintendent of the National Mall and Memorial Parks, said the 430 trees that were felled were not identified as hazardous or raising safety concerns.
    — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Yet trees that took a millennium to grow can be felled in under an hour.
    — Annika Hammerschlag, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of fell
Verb
  • The Indiana Hoosiers haven’t lost a game since 2024, and the team went 11-2.
    — OutKick, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Sykes went 7-of-12 from the field, including two 3-pointers, off the bench.
    — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of went
Verb
  • In some ski communities, such as Winter Park, entire mountainsides of trees perished, dramatically altering the landscape.
    — Jennifer Oldham, Denver Post, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Thanks to their efforts, only one car, two Vespas and a motorcycle perished in this flood, Navarrete said.
    — Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of perished
Verb
  • After all, many a good cause got its start from a spirit of noblesse oblige.
    — Diane Brady, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
  • As transistors got smaller, the channels between them became proportionally narrower, and aluminum’s performance hit a wall.
    — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of got
Verb
  • Prosecutors leveled new allegations during a bail hearing Friday, accusing the couple of almost never allowing the children outside and claiming that Zhang previously fled the country to avoid an abuse allegation.
    — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026
  • In the border city of Ayolas, across the Paraná River from Ituzaingó, more than 2,000 people have fled their homes, Mayor Carlos Duarte told a local radio station Friday.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2026
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