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as in to appear
to come into view
come out, come out wherever you are!
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as in to spread
to become known
when the truth came out about the state of the company's finances, several top executives lost their jobs
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Recent Examples of come out
The trend that was most alarming to me was that young people stopped coming out.
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Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2026
And while the high-yield savings account is positioned to be slightly more profitable over the next nine months, the CD still comes out on top after a full year.
—Matt Richardson, CBS News, 20 May 2026
In 1987, Frank became the first sitting member of Congress to come out as gay.
—Patricio Chile, ABC News, 20 May 2026
The Iranian regime will not come out of it in great shape.
—David Frum, The Atlantic, 20 May 2026
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Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2026
And while the high-yield savings account is positioned to be slightly more profitable over the next nine months, the CD still comes out on top after a full year.
—Matt Richardson, CBS News, 20 May 2026
In 1987, Frank became the first sitting member of Congress to come out as gay.
—Patricio Chile, ABC News, 20 May 2026
The Iranian regime will not come out of it in great shape.
—David Frum, The Atlantic, 20 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for come out
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But the team’s youth and inexperience proved to be a strength, not a weakness.—
Kevin Baxter,
Los Angeles Times,
15 May 2026
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But claims that Los Angeles — alongside New York — was the safest big city are generally considered overstated rather than conclusively proven.—
James Ward,
USA Today,
15 May 2026
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The bottoms don’t just feel more elegant, but are a quick way to make outfits appear upscale whether they’re styled with a T-shirt and sneakers or a button-up shirt and ballet flats.—
Rylee Johnston,
PEOPLE,
16 May 2026
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His stories about travel, food, culture, and sustainability have appeared in publications such as Travel + Leisure, AFAR, Food & Wine, The Economist, Men’s Journal, Newsweek, Bloomberg, CNN, and the BBC, among others.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
16 May 2026
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The Islamic Center of San Diego's director and imam, Taha Hassane, pleaded with the public to spread tolerance and love instead of hate.—
Dennis Romero,
NBC news,
19 May 2026
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The staffers, who are spread across more than twenty front- and back-end departments, are organizing under the name Seattle Art Museum Workers United (SAMWU) under the auspices of the Washington Federation of State Employees/AFSCME Council 28.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
18 May 2026
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One of her remaining teeth—her real ones—fell out and tumbled into her lap.—
Stephen King,
The Atlantic,
15 May 2026
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Still, to find that PSA screening does reduce deaths constitutes a significant change compared with the last Cochrane review, published in 2013, which didn’t find similar benefits and contributed to PSA screening falling out of favor.—
Annalisa Merelli,
STAT,
14 May 2026
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But the first glimpse at the full team in action showed an early hierarchy among signal callers.—
Sam Warren,
New York Times,
21 May 2026
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At the Yale University Art Gallery, which is showing the complete series in the photographer’s largest exhibition yet, the images are hung in tall, orderly grids, like a periodic table of the human elements.—
Max Norman,
New Yorker,
21 May 2026
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Videos of the interactions have circulated on social media and were shown on local TV news reports.—
Karen Kucher,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 May 2026
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Chu also pushed back against anti-Asian sentiment that quickly began to circulate online and in some media outlets.—
Alicia Victoria Lozano,
NBC news,
14 May 2026
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This novel of exile and memory chronicles the life of Sufien, a Palestinian man displaced as a child by the Nakba, whose story unfolds across continents and encompasses entanglements with a broad range of characters.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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Breakfasts and informal suppers unfold in the Brasserie, which has an orangery, and a terrace for sunny mornings.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
18 May 2026
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Wilson fanned the last batter to get out of the jam and finish with at least one strikeout in every inning.—
Tom Mulherin,
Boston Herald,
14 May 2026
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One of the officers stopped and got out of their vehicle in an attempt to de-escalate the situation, according to Deputy Police Commissioner Kevin Jones.—
JT Moodee Lockman,
CBS News,
14 May 2026
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“Come out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/come%20out. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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