How to Use shakeout in a Sentence

shakeout

1 of 2 noun
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  • The Bearcats simply must land on the 64 side of this epic shakeout.
    — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 23 July 2021
  • This will be part of the major shakeout of launch providers over the next few years.
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 30 Aug. 2019
  • The area has flat dirt trails, great for getting in a scenic shakeout run or a hike.
    — Molly Hanson, Outside Online, 25 Mar. 2022
  • Take three steps forward to shake out your legs, and repeat the process.(Don’t skip the shakeout.
    — Milo F. Bryant, Men's Health, 6 Sep. 2022
  • An easy 6 miles tonight put the day’s total at 20, and served as a nice shakeout from the morning.
    — Outside Online, 13 Feb. 2020
  • Many marathon runners do a two- to three-mile shakeout run.
    — Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 3 Nov. 2023
  • Does that mean a shakeout is coming for the CVC sector?
    — Byallie Garfinkle, Fortune, 19 Apr. 2024
  • There are signs of a shakeout, and front runners are emerging.
    — Corinne Abrams, WSJ, 19 Dec. 2017
  • There may be a shakeout coming soon, but there seems to be an appetite for all brands.
    — Orange County Register, 29 Jan. 2017
  • And the action since then has been smooth and superb, with just one shakeout (in early March, with the market) along the way.
    — Moneyshow, Forbes, 28 May 2021
  • Behind the scenes, though, Alameda was far from immune from the shakeout.
    — Hannah Miao, WSJ, 20 Nov. 2022
  • Now, amid a start-up shakeout, more frauds have started coming to light.
    — Erin Griffith, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2023
  • Lending For investors in online lending, 2017 was the year of the shakeout.
    — Fortune, 12 Dec. 2017
  • In the months since, ESG has had something of a reckoning, and the shakeout is ongoing.
    — Eamon Barrett, Fortune, 22 June 2022
  • The great meal-kit shakeout continues as Kroger plans to buy Home Chef for at least $200 million.
    — Recode Staff, Recode, 24 May 2018
  • The shakeout will leave behind long-term HODLers who aren’t scared enough to offload their holdings.
    — Vildana Hajric, Fortune, 10 May 2022
  • No one knows when the next conference shakeout will occur, or where.
    — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 10 Nov. 2020
  • This year, a number of coding boot camps have closed in a shakeout in the fast-growing industry.
    — Austen Hufford, WSJ, 13 Oct. 2017
  • But there is a bright side: The shakeout may end up taking all the air out of a little bubble that had inflated in the media world.
    — Peter Eavis, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2016
  • The shakeout, along with other issues, has made for some tough travel in Europe.
    — Amie Tsang and Zach Wichter, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2017
  • There was a massive shakeout in this profession in 2008.
    — R. Daniel Foster, latimes.com, 30 Mar. 2018
  • This weekend’s shakeout leaves no doubt that Mr. Xi is firmly in control.
    — Nathaniel Taplin, WSJ, 24 Oct. 2022
  • There’s also a shakeout among the brokers who match trucking companies with loads that need to be shipped.
    — Thomas Black, oregonlive, 29 Nov. 2022
  • In some markets, like New York, there will be a large decrease in total hotel rooms before the shakeout is over.
    — Michael Braga, USA TODAY, 13 Nov. 2020
  • These are beginner-friendly and can take you through short jogs, harder paces, and longer shakeouts.
    — Hannah Dylan Pasternak, SELF, 15 Aug. 2023
  • Post-travel shakeout runs are rarely pleasant, but always a good idea.
    — Outside Online, 5 June 2019
  • Wagner was with Epic, which bought it; in a financial shakeout the next year, Epic would spin off the yard and other assets.
    — al, 29 Apr. 2022
  • Now the head of a Chinese food delivery giant is making a big bet on one just as a shakeout is coming.
    — Echo Huang, Quartz, 18 June 2019
  • There was a shakeout with thousands of stores, and some chains, closing for good and an unknown number of workers getting sick.
    — Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2021
  • There's going to be a shakeout when cutting through the expansive amount of NFTs being sold every day.
    — Nathaniel Hunter, Forbes, 15 July 2022
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shake out

2 of 2 verb
  • The truth is that no one knows how this will all shake out.
    — Justin Worland, TIME, 24 June 2024
  • But the big question on this side of the ball is how the line will shake out.
    — David Moore, Dallas News, 9 May 2023
  • The other question is how does the depth shake out on the outside?
    — Brad Biggs, chicagotribune.com, 29 Aug. 2021
  • Enter Email Sign Up But how the rest of the month shakes out bears watching.
    — Nicole Yang, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Aug. 2023
  • The best way to clean this doormat is to brush it or shake out any dirt and debris.
    — Lee Alisha Williams, Southern Living, 6 July 2023
  • The best way to clean this doormat is to brush it or shake out any dirt and debris.
    — Lee Alisha Williams, Southern Living, 15 Mar. 2024
  • That’s just the way our community shakes out in the U.S.
    — Sam Hurwitt, The Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2024
  • Her son has his own bedroom for the first time in his life, and no one has to shake out their clothes in the tub.
    — Marissa J. Lang, Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2023
  • The Fan Fest will offer some clues as to how things are shaking out.
    — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 19 Apr. 2024
  • No one knows how things will shake out between the Ravens and Jackson.
    — Kelsey Conway, USA TODAY, 10 Oct. 2022
  • His group’s members are in a wait-and-see mode on how all the changes at Twitter shake out.
    — Wendy Leestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2022
  • Some of these questions are not ones that can be put off for years and years while things shake out.
    — Ian Duncan, Washington Post, 30 June 2023
  • In some cases, the best answer is to wait and see how his slice of the economy shakes out.
    — Rachel Siegel, Washington Post, 12 Oct. 2023
  • Read on to find out what our experts predict will shake out.
    — Andrew Wallenstein, Variety, 27 Mar. 2023
  • The Badgers appear to have shaken out of the offensive funk that plagued them at the time.
    — Mark Stewart, Journal Sentinel, 16 Feb. 2023
  • If the merger is approved, how would that shake out in Arizona?
    — Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic, 12 July 2024
  • Once set, shake out curls for a looser, more boho vibe.
    — Dory Zayas, Parents, 26 July 2024
  • When the tasks are complete, pull the four corners together and take it to an area to shake out or hose off the mat.
    — Renee Freemon Mulvihill, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Yet that isn’t the way that relations have shaken out so far.
    — Blaise Malley, The New Republic, 5 Oct. 2023
  • Read the full analysis for a look at a range of scenarios that could shake out.
    — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 19 July 2024
  • Here’s how the voting could shake out in Booker’s favor, but first things first.
    — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 30 Jan. 2023
  • With the way the schedule shook out, the Rams felt some of the more interesting TikTok videos were toward the end.
    — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2023
  • However things shake out on the disclosure front, the wait won’t be long.
    — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 18 June 2024
  • Here’s how this year’s postseason matchups will shake out, starting with the wild card round.
    — Dallas News, 8 Jan. 2023
  • What remains unclear is just how the market might shake out.
    — Damian Garde, STAT, 26 Feb. 2024
  • That’s up to you, but that said, dig in and see how these musicians think the 2024 football season will shake out.
    — Daniel Kohn, SPIN, 4 Sep. 2024
  • Did that truncate your arc in any major way, or did things still shake out as they were supposed to?
    — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 May 2024
  • But how the rest of USC’s rotation might shake out remains a mystery.
    — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2022
  • However things shake out on the other side, the bankruptcy process, at long last, appears to be coming to an end.
    — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2024
  • According to buyers, many were demanding too much money, which should eventually shake out.
    — Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 16 Sep. 2024

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