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out

[out] / aʊt /


ADVERB
outside, outdoors
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People should either stay out of the water or swim near lifeguards and avoid rock jetties, which can be deadly in such conditions, the weather service said.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2026

“Granularity can be a kind of gatekeeping” that readers actually seek out, she says — but it’s all, ultimately, reading.

From Salon Jul. 23, 2026

He eventually spun this persona out for his political ambitions.

From Slate Jul. 23, 2026

In the weeks before Burnham became prime minister, the BBC has been told that senior officials were summoned to calls informing them that a significant programme to move staff out of London was being developed.

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

Any path that falls outside those landmarks is out of bounds.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman

I’ve also heard from various people telling me their whole financial picture, down to the pennies in their accounts, and the ins and outs of their divorces, estate fights and bad relationships with financial professionals.

From MarketWatch Jul. 22, 2026

There are carve outs, such as energy, which Schamotta says should limit the macroeconomic blow.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 2026

Ohtani eventually relented a second run with two outs in the fourth inning.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 4, 2026

The problem was most of those balls were on the ground, resulting in lots of routine outs instead of balls soaring toward the bleachers.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 1, 2026

It was made of string, but it had more contortions, ins and outs, twists and turns and dips and doodles than the brain of Albert Einstein himself.

From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli

Danson was freshly split from his second wife, producer Cassandra Coates, who served him divorce papers after the tabloids outed his fling with Goldberg early that year.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 4, 2026

Scottish lawyer Fiona Harvey outed herself as the inspiration for the show's obsessive stalker, suing Netflix for defamation and negligence for billing it as "a true story".

From BBC Apr. 21, 2026

Nobody thinks Travis Kelce’s mother, Donna, is a terrible person despite being outed as a Traitor at the beginning of the season.

From Salon Jan. 28, 2026

The U.S. discovered that in 2003, when a team of almost two dozen agents who had abducted an Egyptian cleric in Italy for secret interrogation was outed by analysis of their local cellphone records.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 12, 2025

I can't even begin to imagine what mysterious circumstances led to your being outed to the universe, but it doesn't sound pleasant, and I know it's not what you wanted.

From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli

Mike Webb cut short a family fishing outing last week after a 200-pounder approached, minutes after Webb’s 11-year-old son caught something.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

A 2023 victory over Troy Williamson should have been Agyarko's springboard to bigger fights but it proved little more than a prelude to a frustrating 12 months with just one low-key outing.

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

An outing on the Lucky Catch starts with a primer on lobstering.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

We don't know whether the royal credit card was given an outing during some drinks with the team but Prince William did head to the dressing room for the celebrations after the match.

From BBC Jul. 10, 2026

The outing would be a wholly delightful treat.

From "I'm the King of the Castle" by Susan Hill




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