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verb

Definition of turn out

as in to roll out

to leave one's bed we turn out early on workdays

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as in to clean

to remove the dirt from it's our practice to turn out the room after guests stay over

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as in to out

to drive or force out angrily turned their adult son out of their home for using drugs

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as in to prove

to come to be everything will turn out fine in the end

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Chelsea then imposed what turned out to be a false and ultimately quite pompous deadline. — Nick Miller, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2026 In the aftermath, hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets in what turned out to be Turkey’s largest protests in a dozen years. — Nick Taborall, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Sep. 2026

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Since the pandemic, traditional lecture attendance has cratered, but active learning has been shown to significantly improve both turnout and long-term retention. — Jason Corso, Time, 26 Aug. 2026 Experts are unsure if voter fatigue will lead to low turnout for the third Republican primary in two months. — Terry Collins, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for turn out

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With a lightly floured rolling pin, roll out the dough to a roughly 9 × 12-inch rectangle, 1/4 inch thick.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026
Local Data Mode will roll out to the Romo 2 in Q4 this year, and DJI has plans to expand it to the first line of Romo models too.

— Dominic Preston, The Verge, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of roll out

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Co-owner John Mara is battling cancer, and co-owner Steve Tisch is laying low after being outed in the Epstein Files.

— Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 22 Aug. 2026
Then the rest of the game occurred, a 20-12 victory in which Ty Simpson emerged with arguably the best rookie quarterback outing across the league over the weekend.

— Benjamin Royer, Oc Register, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of out

Noun

After beginning a nearly three-decade gig playing with the group in 1996, a rep for the Who announced last April that Starkey had been asked to step down.

— Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 31 Aug. 2026
Board work is like launching a side gig that becomes a new career or taking the time to mobilize a promotion campaign to move up in your current employer.

— Caroline Ceniza-Levine, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026

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Join the dearly beloved under the stars for a reception worthy of the afterlife, with spirited DJ sets, drinks to wake the dead, and a free photobooth for your drop-dead gorgeous wedding portrait.

— Beatrice Verhoeven, HollywoodReporter, 25 Aug. 2026
Ensemble sitcoms live and die by their chemistry, so the cast — encouraged by Kronengold and Shaw — spend almost every waking moment together while filming.

— CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of wake

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Plate umpire Alan Porter tossed Vitello and first-base ump Jim Wolf ejected Webb, who was not pitching Friday.

— ABC News, ABC News, 29 Aug. 2026
Days later, a former NBA player who has used the WNBA as a vehicle for anti-trans advocacy was ejected from a Chicago Sky game, after engaging in an altercation with team guard Natasha Cloud.

— Odette Yousef, NPR, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of eject

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Miley and Billy Ray reportedly had a falling out, seemingly after the split between her father and mother Tish Cyrus.

— McKinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2026
Diversification is one leg of the risk management stool, offering a hedge against market rotations that occur when certain sectors, industries, or themes fall out of favor.

— Zev Fima, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2026

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