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Recent Examples of full-out
At dinnertime, La Terrazza goes full-out Italian, presenting each table with a welcome charcuterie board, including pillowy focaccia, silken prosciutto, and roasted garlic.
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Apr. 2026
The rapper, dressed in an oversized silk bonnet and Uggs, is marking the moves, but her dancers are performing full-out, their cropped halter tops and durags dappled with sweat.
—Jazmine Hughes, Allure, 24 Mar. 2026
At one point, Beau Garrett and Elle Chapman’s characters can be seen engaged in a full-out brawl in one of the cabins, before Pfeiffer intervenes and tosses a glass of water over them both.
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Feb. 2026
There’s a full-out PR battle raging as executives of all three court content creators, unions, Warner shareholders, politicians and regulators on both sides of the Atlantic.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 10 Feb. 2026
Those heirlooms were vibrant and varied, embellished with figures and animals, glass beads, porcupine quills, shells, bone, and seeds, all stitched into decorative designs and full-out tableaux.
—Petala Ironcloud, Architectural Digest, 9 Dec. 2025
But Trump has expressed doubts that the U.S. will engage in a full-out war with the South American country.
—Callum Sutherland, Time, 12 Nov. 2025
No one goes quite as full-out as Klum on Halloween, but of all her elaborate costumes, this one is easier to recreate.
—Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2025
Local teens in the early ‘60s adjusted to the slower tempo of R&B, while not having the physical space to do full-out swing moves of the previous decade.
—Alexa Stone
updated October 21, Kansas City Star, 21 Oct. 2025
Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Apr. 2026
The rapper, dressed in an oversized silk bonnet and Uggs, is marking the moves, but her dancers are performing full-out, their cropped halter tops and durags dappled with sweat.
—Jazmine Hughes, Allure, 24 Mar. 2026
At one point, Beau Garrett and Elle Chapman’s characters can be seen engaged in a full-out brawl in one of the cabins, before Pfeiffer intervenes and tosses a glass of water over them both.
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Feb. 2026
There’s a full-out PR battle raging as executives of all three court content creators, unions, Warner shareholders, politicians and regulators on both sides of the Atlantic.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 10 Feb. 2026
Those heirlooms were vibrant and varied, embellished with figures and animals, glass beads, porcupine quills, shells, bone, and seeds, all stitched into decorative designs and full-out tableaux.
—Petala Ironcloud, Architectural Digest, 9 Dec. 2025
But Trump has expressed doubts that the U.S. will engage in a full-out war with the South American country.
—Callum Sutherland, Time, 12 Nov. 2025
No one goes quite as full-out as Klum on Halloween, but of all her elaborate costumes, this one is easier to recreate.
—Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2025
Local teens in the early ‘60s adjusted to the slower tempo of R&B, while not having the physical space to do full-out swing moves of the previous decade.
—Alexa Stone
updated October 21, Kansas City Star, 21 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for full-out
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Asia is the one continent where full-on press repression is basically a fact of life, with most countries colored deep red on the RSF map.—
Nate Anderson,
ArsTechnica,
30 Apr. 2026
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This will result in moonless nights on either side of May 16, ideal for everything from backyard binocular sessions to a full-on dark sky getaway.—
Michael d'Estries,
Travel + Leisure,
30 Apr. 2026
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Both Nguyen and Alemani said that when the sculpture was first proposed in 2023, the Taliban’s return to power two years earlier and Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 were top of mind.—
Benjamin Sutton,
CNN Money,
28 Apr. 2026
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While the Red Sox have undeniably fallen short of expectations, the full-scale gutting of the coaching staff is unprecedented in recent franchise history.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
26 Apr. 2026
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Audiences may think Redford emerged full-blown as a movie star.—
Peter Rainer,
Christian Science Monitor,
20 Sep. 2025
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The master of suspense made almost 70 films and TV shows across his staggering, more-than-half-a-century-long career, graduating from black-and-white, silent British potboilers to full-blown, Technicolor Hollywood blockbusters.—
Radhika Seth,
Vogue,
13 Sep. 2025
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The amateurism is a problem all by itself and is part of Trump’s full-bore assault against professionalism across government.—
Andreas Kluth,
Mercury News,
18 Apr. 2026
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The amateurism is a problem all by itself, and is part of Trump’s full-bore assault against professionalism across government.—
Andreas Kluth,
Twin Cities,
18 Apr. 2026
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That’s why my friends over on the sports desk decided to channel my obsession into a full-fledged first-round mock draft — an outsider’s take.—
Elizabeth Robinson,
NBC news,
23 Apr. 2026
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Designers can help turn a ho-hum palette into a full-fledged work of art.—
Patricia Shannon,
Better Homes & Gardens,
21 Apr. 2026
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Every personal finance review is based on rigorous reporting by our team of expert writers and editors with extensive knowledge of personal finance products.—
Liz Knueven,
CNBC,
2 May 2026
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So Whaffle’s strict period accuracy requires extensive research.—
Olivia Kan-Sperling,
Artforum,
2 May 2026
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“Full-out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/full-out. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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