as in to exclude
to prevent the participation, consideration, or inclusion of
local residents feel that they have been shut out of the debate for expanding the airport
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as in blowout
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as in washout
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Recent Examples of shut out
David Hessekiel, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
The Mountain View juggernaut shut out 14 opponents, the same amount of games that St. Francis won by run-ruling opponents behind an offense led by West Catholic Athletic League player of the year Jaime Oakland.
—Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 19 Feb. 2025
Vulture Staff, Vulture, 2 Mar. 2025
Chan, meanwhile, posted her fifth shutout of the season, with 32 saves, running her record to 14-7-2 in her 23 starts while lowering her goals-against average to 1.47.
—Staff Reports, Hartford Courant, 2 Mar. 2025
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Verb
On the one hand, organizers wanted to provide fundraising opportunities for charities that had been shut out in the past because participating charities would almost never give up their slots.
—David Hessekiel, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
The Mountain View juggernaut shut out 14 opponents, the same amount of games that St. Francis won by run-ruling opponents behind an offense led by West Catholic Athletic League player of the year Jaime Oakland.
—Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 19 Feb. 2025
Noun
Really adding another layer to Challengers’ Oscars shutout.
—Vulture Staff, Vulture, 2 Mar. 2025
Chan, meanwhile, posted her fifth shutout of the season, with 32 saves, running her record to 14-7-2 in her 23 starts while lowering her goals-against average to 1.47.
—Staff Reports, Hartford Courant, 2 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shut out
Verb
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The Commonwealth excludes municipalities in its parental leave legislation.—
Michael Maguire,
Boston Herald,
17 Mar. 2025
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The University of Wisconsin-Madison is among roughly 50 universities being investigated by the Department of Education over accusations of racial discrimination by allegedly excluding certain races from specific programs.—
Landon Mion,
Fox News,
17 Mar. 2025
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This game was a blowout from start to finish with the Jaguars caught in a crossfire hurricane.—
Patrick Saunders,
The Denver Post,
12 Mar. 2025
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March may bring more of the same Bitcoin could return to pre-election levels after this week’s selloff, says Wolfe Coinbase just reported a blowout fourth quarter.—
Tanaya Macheel,
CNBC,
10 Mar. 2025
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Rohit Sharma’s team are the only unit that have gained three wins from three, although there have been three washouts in the tournament which has prevented South Africa and the Baggy Greens from the possibility of matching them.—
Tim Ellis,
Forbes,
3 Mar. 2025
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Jim has been saying Nvidia shares need a washout event and alluded to that in an X post Friday.—
Matthew J. Belvedere,
CNBC,
28 Feb. 2025
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Earlier laws ban credit reporting of all medical debt, prohibit hospitals from suing patients with incomes under 400% of the poverty level, among other things.—
Michelle Andrews,
NPR,
17 Mar. 2025
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During the forum, the candidates were asked how to balance the need for federal funding with an executive order from President Donald Trump banning diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs.—
Steve Sadin,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Mar. 2025
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The cameras conduct 360-degree sweeps about every two minutes, and can see as far as 60 miles on clear days, and up to 120 miles on clear nights, according to the University of California, San Diego which operates California’s ALERTCalifornia public safety program and the cameras.—
Edward Segal,
Forbes,
9 Mar. 2025
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Point Loma Nazarene University completed a sweep of the PacWest basketball championships Saturday afternoon, with both the men and women winning their conference tournaments in San Rafael after capturing regular-season titles.—
Bill Center,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Mar. 2025
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The season after raising the Cup finds the Cats 37-24 and on three-game win streak after Saturday’s 3-0 whitewash of Calgary on top of a 4-3 win over Edmonton in a Cup Final rematch.—
Greg Cote,
Miami Herald,
2 Mar. 2025
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The danger signals were already there from the warm-up whitewash in India just a few weeks ago where England were barely competitive.—
Tim Ellis,
Forbes,
1 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Measles was declared eliminated from the U.S. in 2000 due to the highly effective vaccination program, according to the CDC.—
Mary Kekatos,
ABC News,
14 Mar. 2025
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The plan to eliminate about 150 positions was met with strong resistance from many who said that kids are struggling after the Eaton fire and need stability.—
Daniel Miller,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Mar. 2025
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Their exit, along Forest Service roads, was blocked by landslides and dangerous debris piles.—
Peter Slevin,
The New Yorker,
13 Mar. 2025
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Mark Carney, a former central banker, won his Liberal Party’s election in a landslide Sunday and will replace Justin Trudeau as prime minister of Canada.—
Sarah Fortinsky,
The Hill,
10 Mar. 2025
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“Shut out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shut%20out. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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