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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as in blowout
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as in washout
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Recent Examples of shut out
David Hambling, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
Despite having the second-best showing for a film overall, Wicked director Jon M. Chu was shut out of the best director category for the 2025 Oscars.
—Nicole Fell, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Jan. 2025
Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 14 Jan. 2025
That season, the Chiefs blanked the Texans in Houston 30-0 in a Wild Card round game, the last shutout in an NFL playoff game.
—Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 13 Jan. 2025
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New companies with dangerous ideas about affordable, efficient systems are generally shut out.
—David Hambling, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
Despite having the second-best showing for a film overall, Wicked director Jon M. Chu was shut out of the best director category for the 2025 Oscars.
—Nicole Fell, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Jan. 2025
Noun
While the first two games of this rough patch were back-to-back shutout losses to the Tampa Bay Lightning and Montreal Canadiens, each of past seven has either been decided by one goal or was a one-goal game until the winning team scored on an empty net.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 14 Jan. 2025
That season, the Chiefs blanked the Texans in Houston 30-0 in a Wild Card round game, the last shutout in an NFL playoff game.
—Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 13 Jan. 2025
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Basic economy is specifically excluded from this promotion, and only the base fare of a ticket, which excludes government taxes and fees, counts toward the bonus mile earnings.—
Stella Shon,
Travel + Leisure,
28 Jan. 2025
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It's not meant to segment or cut off or exclude a particular group.—
Barbara A. Perry,
Newsweek,
27 Jan. 2025
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Wall Street is looking to see if Palantir Technologies can one-up its last blowout earnings report after the closing bell on Monday.—
Brian Evans,
CNBC,
3 Feb. 2025
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Five takeaways from the Miami Heat’s 126-106 blowout loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers on Wednesday night at Kaseya Center to close its quick two-game homestand at 1-1 and fall back to .500.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
30 Jan. 2025
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An east wind will maintain a higher risk of rip currents along the coast, but overall, the holiday period will not see a washout.—
Hannah Parry,
Newsweek,
23 Dec. 2024
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On six of those instances, the games were postponed on back-to-back days, including a stretch of three consecutive days of washouts.—
Chris Kirschner,
The Athletic,
22 Nov. 2024
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Trump will also advise the department to ban transgender service members and remove all diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs from the military.—
Jackson Walker,
Baltimore Sun,
28 Jan. 2025
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Social media isn’t the sole cause of eating disorders, and banning it isn’t always necessary, Birely said.—
Madeline Holcombe,
CNN,
28 Jan. 2025
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With home ice on their side, Seattle will be eager to flip the script and avoid a season sweep.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
31 Jan. 2025
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JSerra 62, Mater Dei 52: The wild Trinity League race now has four teams with two losses after JSerra completed a sweep of the Monarchs.—
Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Jan. 2025
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This was total obliteration too, a three-nil whitewash that was clinical and composed.—
Tim Ellis,
Forbes,
26 Nov. 2024
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Darts finals have been won more handsomely — the sport’s all-time great Phil Taylor dished out three 7-0 whitewashes in his heyday — but not like this.—
Tim Spiers,
The Athletic,
4 Jan. 2025
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Read More: Trump Shares the Founders' Delusions on Canada Secretary of State James G. Blaine saw annexation as a way to eliminate continued and contentious competition over fish and timber.—
Marc-William Palen / Made by History,
TIME,
6 Feb. 2025
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The Supreme Court has never ruled on whether presidents have the power to eliminate national monuments.—
Sammy Roth,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Feb. 2025
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North of Greenville, California State Route 89 is operating under one-way traffic control due to landslide debris, while crews work to stabilize the area.—
Hanna Park and Robert Shackelford,
CNN,
5 Feb. 2025
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The alert comes as California continues to deal with the impact of frequent atmospheric rivers that have increased landslide risks and infrastructure strain.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
31 Jan. 2025
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“Shut out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shut%20out. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.
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