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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Recent Examples of shut out
David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025
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White Sox, Bulls and Blackhawks have a new TV home.
—Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2025
Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2025
In his last nine starts, he’s had two shutouts, allowed one goal twice and given up two goals three times.
—Scott Powers, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
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With Democrats shut out of power in Washington, the fate of Donald Trump’s sweeping plans was in the hands of congressional Republicans, and no one would have a more significant role than Thune in determining the outcome.
—David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025
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Garrett Crochet agrees to a $170 million, 6-year deal with the Boston Red Sox
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White Sox, Bulls and Blackhawks have a new TV home.
—Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2025
Noun
Five shutouts in his first seven starts, 7-0 with an 0.29 ERA.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2025
In his last nine starts, he’s had two shutouts, allowed one goal twice and given up two goals three times.
—Scott Powers, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shut out
Verb
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While the sector has been excluded from the recent tariffs, levies could come in the future.—
Samantha Subin,
CNBC,
9 Apr. 2025
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School leaders believed other records that might have fulfilled the requests contained too much private information and were excluded from public record under student privacy laws.—
Julia Coin,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Apr. 2025
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Friday in Tampa, Strong scored 22 points in UConn’s blowout victory against top overall seed UCLA, becoming just the third freshman in program history behind Breanna Stewart and Maya Moore to drop 20-plus in a Final Four game.—
Grace Raynor,
New York Times,
6 Apr. 2025
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The Royals on Monday recorded 14 hits in their 11-1 blowout victory.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
2 Apr. 2025
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Cinema Saviours After years of the washout of the Covid years, the appearance of Oppenheimer and Barbie, appearing in cinemas at the same time gave us the much talked about ‘Barbenheimer’ phenomenon, with many people choosing to see both films on the same day.—
Benny Har-Even,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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In fairness, Grier and McDaniel haven’t wasted much money on big-ticket washouts.—
Chris Perkins,
Sun Sentinel,
26 Feb. 2025
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that cigarette smoking causes more than 480,000 deaths annually in the U.S. Beverly Hills and Manhattan Beach, California, banned the sale of most tobacco products beginning in 2021.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Apr. 2025
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Certain artificial dyes used in the U.S. are banned or subject to warning labels in other countries.—
Nicole Brown Chau,
CBS News,
9 Apr. 2025
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The Padres will hunt for the three-game sweep on Sunday afternoon.—
Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
12 Apr. 2025
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In the Trinity League: Orange Lutheran 6, JSerra 0: Orange Lutheran completed a three-game sweep of JSerra with a combined shutout from Sam Principe and Caden Miller.—
Michael Huntley,
Oc Register,
11 Apr. 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
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May Reduce Inflammation Soybeans are high in antioxidants, which help eliminate harmful compounds called free radicals.—
Merve Ceylan,
Health,
20 Feb. 2025
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Lance Hunter, a professor at Augusta University in Georgia, said that eliminating defenses against foreign influence campaigns would leave the United States more vulnerable to them.—
Steven Lee Myers,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2025
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Those talks led to semi-free elections where Solidarity candidates won a landslide victory.—
Dan Pontefract,
Forbes,
22 Mar. 2025
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Yet maintaining scenic Palos Verdes Drive South has become an increasingly costly, and practically constant, endeavor as the forces behind a relentless landslide continue to crack, shift and warp the two-lane roadway.—
Grace Toohey,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Mar. 2025
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“Shut out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shut%20out. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.
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