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Recent Examples of shake out
Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2025
With eyes toward Opening Day, here’s another look at how the roster could shake out when the Reds host the San Francisco Giants in the first game of the 2025 regular season.
—C. Trent Rosecrans, The Athletic, 21 Feb. 2025
Chris Westfall, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
And many trips to the Eagle Gold mine in Julian, Calif. (still a 3-hour drive from us) for testing and shakeout.
—IEEE Spectrum, 14 Aug. 2019
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Verb
Entering Cactus League play, Matos (121 MLB games) likely has the edge over McCray (37 MLB games) given the contrast in experience at the major-league level, but that could very well flip depending on how the next few weeks shake out.
—Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2025
With eyes toward Opening Day, here’s another look at how the roster could shake out when the Reds host the San Francisco Giants in the first game of the 2025 regular season.
—C. Trent Rosecrans, The Athletic, 21 Feb. 2025
Noun
What Lies Ahead for Retail? Retailers that survive this ongoing shakeout will likely do so by adapting to changing consumer behaviors.
—Chris Westfall, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
And many trips to the Eagle Gold mine in Julian, Calif. (still a 3-hour drive from us) for testing and shakeout.
—IEEE Spectrum, 14 Aug. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shake out
Verb
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The screen has also proved useful for the goalkeepers playing behind Flick’s radical high line.—
Laia Cervelló Herrero,
The Athletic,
13 Mar. 2025
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Ciara On The Cover: Ciara is Evolution Personified Ciara had already proven herself a musical powerhouse when her second album, The Evolution, was released in 2006.—
Kindred Editors,
Parents,
12 Mar. 2025
Noun
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What if the Avs reached a point and were just done with it, knowing the room needed a shake-up?—
Troy Renck,
The Denver Post,
16 Mar. 2025
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President Donald Trump is leaning into the recent shake-ups at the Department of Justice by making a rare appearance at its headquarters in Washington, D.C., alongside Attorney General Pam Bondi to deliver a speech late Friday afternoon.—
Ashley Oliver,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
14 Mar. 2025
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Australia has fallen out of the top 10 global music markets for the first time in nearly three decades, according to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry’s (IFPI) latest Global Music Report.—
Jessica Lynch,
Billboard,
20 Mar. 2025
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Last year, the U.S. fell out of the top 20 for the first time in the report's history, landing at No. 23.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA TODAY,
20 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Senator Chuck Schumer, the Senate Minority Leader, has found himself under a microscope since voting to keep the government open rather than causing a shutdown.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
21 Mar. 2025
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After the resort was forced to close, Hopkin recalls how approximately ten staff members, including the general manager, showed up the day after the shutdown – without any discussion of salary.—
Melissa Noel,
Essence,
21 Mar. 2025
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The Málaga Film Festival held the closing ceremony for its MAFIZ industry section on Friday evening.—
Jamie Lang,
Variety,
22 Mar. 2025
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Before the closing arguments, Chargualaf called his own expert witness, Mitchell Kirk, who has 30 years of experience as a car mechanic.—
Jim Woods,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Mar. 2025
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“Shake out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shake%20out. Accessed 26 Mar. 2025.
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