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Recent Examples of shake out
Jesse Pound, CNBC, 7 May 2025
Other than the former Miami Hurricanes star going No. 1 to the Titans, the way the rest of the NFL Draft could shake out is unclear.
—Fox News Staff, FOXNews.com, 24 Apr. 2025
Elaine Pofeldt, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
Run with Mad Miles, Urban Run Club and Nike for a one-and-a-half or three-mile shakeout run starting at The Venue in Raleigh.
—Alexis Clinton, Axios, 1 Apr. 2025
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Verb
Instead, the Fed seems to be waiting alongside investors and business leaders to see when and how potential trade deals shake out.
—Jesse Pound, CNBC, 7 May 2025
Other than the former Miami Hurricanes star going No. 1 to the Titans, the way the rest of the NFL Draft could shake out is unclear.
—Fox News Staff, FOXNews.com, 24 Apr. 2025
Noun
In the meantime, Huang is seeing a shakeout on the Amazon platform—and a shift to new markets.
—Elaine Pofeldt, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
Run with Mad Miles, Urban Run Club and Nike for a one-and-a-half or three-mile shakeout run starting at The Venue in Raleigh.
—Alexis Clinton, Axios, 1 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shake out
Verb
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Comp titles—a list of three to five books that agents and authors send to prospective publishers to show how similar books did in the marketplace—rule the day, weeding out anything that varies from what has already proven itself as sellable.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 June 2025
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Trump’s advisers remain animated by the unyielding belief that the economic experts were proven wrong in Trump’s first term.—
Phil Mattingly,
CNN Money,
4 June 2025
Noun
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The Kennedy Center shake-up has drawn the most attention as Trump named himself chairman of the institution’s board and installed former administration official Richard Grenell as its president.—
Haisten Willis,
The Washington Examiner,
8 June 2025
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The Sun reported that a long-serving gamekeeper, who is responsible for managing the bird population on the estate, is said to have been let go in a recent staff shake-up, resulting in the shortage.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
7 June 2025
Verb
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Gap was one of the most popular retail names of the 1980s and 1990s, but fell out of favor among consumers at the start of the new millennium.—
Ryan Baker,
CNBC,
14 June 2025
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One by one, the other options outside of the Steelers began falling out of the running for Rodgers.—
Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 June 2025
Noun
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That would easily replace the supply lost from a total shutdown of the Straits of Hormuz for sixty days.—
Michael Lynch,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2025
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More recently during years of divided government, GOP leaders had to rely on Democrats to approve must-pass funding bills to avoid shutdowns.—
Deirdre Walsh,
NPR,
12 June 2025
Noun
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Prosecutors and defense attorneys will begin delivering their closing arguments Friday in Read’s second murder trial over the death of her Boston cop boyfriend John O’Keefe.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
14 June 2025
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After both sides gave their closing arguments Friday morning, Judge Beverly Cannone spent the early afternoon reading jury instructions before alternates were selected and the remaining jurors were sent to the deliberation room.—
Michael Ruiz,
FOXNews.com,
13 June 2025
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“Shake out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shake%20out. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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