as in to betray
to be unfaithful or disloyal to
the band sold out its faithful followers, abandoning its edgy style for a more commercial sound
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as in betrayal
the act or fact of violating the trust or confidence of another
the sellout makes it much harder for me to trust you ever again
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Carole V. Bell, NPR, 9 Sep. 2024
On Saturday — exactly three years since that day filled with tears of joy — Cruz will make his Nationals Park debut before a sellout crowd, not for the Nationals, but for the wildly popular barnstorming Savannah Bananas and their zany brand of baseball.
—Scott Allen, Washington Post, 12 July 2024
Other stops on the Soccer Champions Tour — the name of the European teams’ 2024 visit to America — were sellouts, and although Baltimore’s was not, the crowd was larger than when English Premier League sides Arsenal and Everton faced off in July 2022 in front of 39,245.
—Hayes Gardner, Baltimore Sun, 7 Aug. 2024
Throughout the video, the mainstream sellout artist kissed and embraced Fox’s baby bump.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 26 July 2024
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Turning that critical eye to the West Coast, Colored Television is an exhilarating yet poignant riff on the struggling artist as a wannabe middle-aged sellout.
—Carole V. Bell, NPR, 9 Sep. 2024
On Saturday — exactly three years since that day filled with tears of joy — Cruz will make his Nationals Park debut before a sellout crowd, not for the Nationals, but for the wildly popular barnstorming Savannah Bananas and their zany brand of baseball.
—Scott Allen, Washington Post, 12 July 2024
Other stops on the Soccer Champions Tour — the name of the European teams’ 2024 visit to America — were sellouts, and although Baltimore’s was not, the crowd was larger than when English Premier League sides Arsenal and Everton faced off in July 2022 in front of 39,245.
—Hayes Gardner, Baltimore Sun, 7 Aug. 2024
Throughout the video, the mainstream sellout artist kissed and embraced Fox’s baby bump.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 26 July 2024
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“Sell (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sell%20%28out%29. Accessed 6 Oct. 2024.
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