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as in dispersed
to cause (members of a group) to move widely apart
police used tear gas to clear out the demonstrators
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as in escaped
to get free from a dangerous or confining situation
everyone cleared out as soon as the fire alarm began sounding
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as in departed
to leave a place often for another
the lunch crowd usually clears out by 2:00 p.m. at the latest
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Recent Examples of cleared out
Cell phone video shows first responders at the scene, the section cleared out moments after the tragic fall.
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Elle McLogan,
CBS News,
21 June 2026
There are luxurious high-rise towers overlooking the Mekong River, where entire floors are now deserted following police raids that cleared out the illicit operations hidden there.
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Shibani Mahtani,
NPR,
21 June 2026
The space was cleared out for chairs and hopefully revelry.
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Miami Herald,
14 June 2026
Late Tuesday night, Meridian City Hall had mostly cleared out by the time the City Council began its discussion on how laws passed during the 2026 legislative session are expected to affect the city.
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Rose Evans
june 6,
Idaho Statesman,
6 June 2026
Most of her top competition had already cleared out of the ongoing French Open, which has become a bloodbath of upsets.
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Chris Branch,
New York Times,
4 June 2026
Inside, as the step and repeat cleared out and the cast entered, both the packed orchestra and two balconies screeched whenever a member of the cast entered.
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Alex Zalben,
IndieWire,
3 June 2026
The clubhouse cleared out quickly after Friday’s loss, with the disappointment feeling palpable.
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Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
16 May 2026
The high-heat coils of a toaster sit mere inches away from where crumbs collect, creating a potential ignition source if debris isn't regularly cleared out.
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Caroline Lubinsky,
Martha Stewart,
13 May 2026
Elle McLogan,
CBS News,
21 June 2026
There are luxurious high-rise towers overlooking the Mekong River, where entire floors are now deserted following police raids that cleared out the illicit operations hidden there.
—
Shibani Mahtani,
NPR,
21 June 2026
The space was cleared out for chairs and hopefully revelry.
—
Miami Herald,
14 June 2026
Late Tuesday night, Meridian City Hall had mostly cleared out by the time the City Council began its discussion on how laws passed during the 2026 legislative session are expected to affect the city.
—
Rose Evans
june 6,
Idaho Statesman,
6 June 2026
Most of her top competition had already cleared out of the ongoing French Open, which has become a bloodbath of upsets.
—
Chris Branch,
New York Times,
4 June 2026
Inside, as the step and repeat cleared out and the cast entered, both the packed orchestra and two balconies screeched whenever a member of the cast entered.
—
Alex Zalben,
IndieWire,
3 June 2026
The clubhouse cleared out quickly after Friday’s loss, with the disappointment feeling palpable.
—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
16 May 2026
The high-heat coils of a toaster sit mere inches away from where crumbs collect, creating a potential ignition source if debris isn't regularly cleared out.
—
Caroline Lubinsky,
Martha Stewart,
13 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cleared out
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Employees are increasingly dispersed nationally and internationally, with ever greater demands for flexibility.
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On the solstice, the first goal was to clear trash that had found its way onto the orchard, then form makeshift berms out of rocks dispersed around the space.
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William Carney, a man who escaped slavery to become a Union soldier in the Civil War and who was awarded the Medal of Honor for protecting the American flag from touching the ground during battle.
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Born enslaved in Maryland, Frederick Douglass (1818-1895) escaped to the North and emerged as the nation’s leading abolitionist and major literary political figure of his time.
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The Netherlands team departed Kansas City early Wednesday, after losing their Round of 32 match, and Algeria officially left Lawrence, even though the team has yet to play its knockout match.
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Barcelona views Alvarez as their primary target to fill the void left by Robert Lewandowski, who recently departed for Chicago Fire.
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In March 2024, Rice was involved in a high-speed multi-vehicle crash in Dallas, then fled the scene.
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The number of animals in his care has multiplied since the outbreak of the latest Israel-Hezbollah war, as hundreds of thousands of southern Lebanon residents fled and were unable to take their pets or farm animals.
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The autopsy also found that a gunshot wound entered Wiley on the right side of his chest and exited on the left side of his chest, Crump said.
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Getty Images Two more players have exited the FC Barcelona first team fold with the start of a new month.
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The crew and the two witnesses said one of the three men got out with a dog and then moved aggressively towards the crew while shouting racial slurs targeted at the photographer.
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Bungie quickly got out a few nerfs to items or bugs that were trivializing every boss encounter in the game, but if there is one outlier overpowered meta, that’s just going to stay.
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Kaskaskia’s dwindling number of citizens moved inland, to the center of the island.
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But when McGinley was a teen-ager, Michael became sick with AIDS and moved home to New Jersey.
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Hall went north alone again in the spring of 1776 as Georgia’s patriot government, which had removed the royal governor in January and taken control of the colony, debated the priorities the colony would pursue at the Congress.
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Senate Budget Committee Vice Chairman Roger Niello, R-Fair Oaks, lamented how the budget process went.
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