as in to shut out
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Recent Examples of read out
In a statement read out in court, Ms. Lucas said that her injuries had affected her physically and mentally.
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Megan Specia, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
No lawmaker objected during the roughly 30-minute ceremony, which culminated when tellers read out the results from Texas and Trump formally clinched the 270 electoral votes necessary to become the next president of the United States.
—Riley Beggin, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2025
At the end of meetings with your district, ask for the conference summary report to be read out loud.
—Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer, 8 Dec. 2024
At a Trump campaign rally in Allentown Pennsylvania, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., read out Biden’s remarks to the former president.
—Siladitya Ray, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
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Megan Specia, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
No lawmaker objected during the roughly 30-minute ceremony, which culminated when tellers read out the results from Texas and Trump formally clinched the 270 electoral votes necessary to become the next president of the United States.
—Riley Beggin, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2025
At the end of meetings with your district, ask for the conference summary report to be read out loud.
—Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer, 8 Dec. 2024
At a Trump campaign rally in Allentown Pennsylvania, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., read out Biden’s remarks to the former president.
—Siladitya Ray, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for read out
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Officials were given hours to fire hundreds of employees, and workers were shut out of email as termination notices arrived.—
Geoff Brumfiel,
NPR,
14 Feb. 2025
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The Sacramento Kings may not have any players representing the franchise at the NBA’s annual All-Star festivities this coming weekend in San Francisco, effectively shut out of the midseason showcase for the first time in more than a decade.—
Chris Biderman,
Sacramento Bee,
12 Feb. 2025
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How getting divorced felt like being cast out of your own life and being dropped in the middle of an always shifting wilderness.—
Lizz Schumer,
People.com,
28 Jan. 2025
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Matthew will inevitably be cast out of Oliver’s circle–Oliver is fickle and insecure and sets his cohort against each other.—
Taylor Antrim,
Vogue,
3 Feb. 2025
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Since being exiled from Club 33, many of the members with whom the Andersons were close no longer answer their calls.—
Justine Harman,
Vulture,
6 Feb. 2025
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As per previous releases, a dozen Palestinians serving life sentences for killing Israeli civilians were exiled to Egypt.—
Ghada Abdulfattah,
The Christian Science Monitor,
3 Feb. 2025
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Hampshire engaged regularly with Yang on Andrew's behalf on a regular basis but Yang has since been kicked out of Britain.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
11 Feb. 2025
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Williams has just been kicked out of boy band Take That and finds himself on the precipice of stardom or obscurity.—
Bill Desowitz,
IndieWire,
7 Feb. 2025
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“Read out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/read%20out. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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