1
as in exited
to leave a place often for another
we simply walked out after waiting half an hour for someone to come and serve us
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as in struck
to refuse to work in order to force an employer to meet demands
the salesclerks walked out upon learning of the second pay cut in six months
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Recent Examples of walked out
In 2013, Skakel walked out of prison as a free man and later saw his conviction vacated in a move that further deepened the mystery of who Moxley’s true killer is.
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Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 31 Jan. 2026
Long Beach More than a hundred students walked out of Cabrillo High School carrying signs and flags for Mexico and Guatemala.
—Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2026
Students in Knoxville, Tennessee, walked out of classes or skipped school to join a protest downtown.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 31 Jan. 2026
Braddy hugged his attorneys as the jury walked out of the courtroom.
—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2026
Among the demonstrators were thousands of students who walked out of classes and workers who declined to show up for their jobs.
—Connor Greene, Time, 30 Jan. 2026
Davis, 31, walked out of the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center twice.
—Nikiya Carrero, CBS News, 30 Jan. 2026
Shinsuke Nakamura walked out in his old ring gear from NJWP and his early NXT days.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 25 Jan. 2026
Taylor took over coordinating the draft horse, mule and donkey shows after Dennis, now 82, walked out of the ring for the last time.
—Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 24 Jan. 2026
Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 31 Jan. 2026
Long Beach More than a hundred students walked out of Cabrillo High School carrying signs and flags for Mexico and Guatemala.
—Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2026
Students in Knoxville, Tennessee, walked out of classes or skipped school to join a protest downtown.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 31 Jan. 2026
Braddy hugged his attorneys as the jury walked out of the courtroom.
—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2026
Among the demonstrators were thousands of students who walked out of classes and workers who declined to show up for their jobs.
—Connor Greene, Time, 30 Jan. 2026
Davis, 31, walked out of the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center twice.
—Nikiya Carrero, CBS News, 30 Jan. 2026
Shinsuke Nakamura walked out in his old ring gear from NJWP and his early NXT days.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 25 Jan. 2026
Taylor took over coordinating the draft horse, mule and donkey shows after Dennis, now 82, walked out of the ring for the last time.
—Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 24 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for walked out
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Officers then exited through another door and began kicking their way through the barricade.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
31 Jan. 2026
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Eventually, three people exited the home and were taken into custody, the complaint said.—
Chris Ramirez,
jsonline.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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Russia struck Ukrainian energy assets in several regions of Ukraine on Thursday but there were no strikes on those facilities overnight, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
31 Jan. 2026
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Five missiles and 25 drones struck in 15 regions and 80 drones were shot down, according to the air force.—
Hira Humayun,
CNN Money,
30 Jan. 2026
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The company laid off 50,000 people in 1993, when chip technology evolved and the tech industry moved away from large mainframe computers.—
Lisa Eadicicco,
CNN Money,
31 Jan. 2026
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This group also centered focus on AMC and years later moved onto a new class of meme stocks including Opendoor and Kohl's .—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
30 Jan. 2026
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Most recently, negotiators walked away empty-handed after a long-shot push to extend enhanced Obamacare subsidies that were at the center of the last government shutdown.—
David Sivak,
The Washington Examiner,
31 Jan. 2026
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The students braved the zero-degree temperatures and walked about a mile to the closest business district, where a number of morning commuters honked their horns in support.—
KIMBERLEE KRUESI,
Arkansas Online,
31 Jan. 2026
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The editorial page editor resigned and numerous columnists and reporters departed for other publications.—
David Folkenflik,
NPR,
30 Jan. 2026
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President Erdoğan mastered this approach—publicly criticizing rate decisions, invoking Islamic prohibitions on interest, signaling displeasure through state media—until governors either complied or departed.—
Güney Yıldız,
Forbes.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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Her appearance largely went unexplained, provoking outrage from Democrats.—
David Zimmermann,
The Washington Examiner,
30 Jan. 2026
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Well up for the fight in front of their boisterous fans at the Estadio da Luz, however, Benfica went ahead 3-1 before half time and secured a heroic 4-2 win, plus qualification to the knockout phase playoff on goal difference, thanks to goalkeeper Anatoli Trubin’s 98th minute header.—
Tom Sanderson,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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The Los Angeles Police Department could not immediately provide details of his arrest, but NBC4 reported that Sutherland allegedly got into an altercation with a ride-hailing driver, and was booked on suspicion of criminal threats.—
City News Service,
Daily News,
14 Jan. 2026
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The whole experience somehow got even more embarrassing when a group of women at the restaurant approached him afterwards.—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
14 Jan. 2026
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Maloney allegedly told Bocaya he had been harassed by police, then pulled out a knife with a 4-inch blade and repeatedly stabbed the off-duty officer in the neck and upper torso, prosecutors said.—
Alex Riggins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Jan. 2026
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But as the Power Station were about to launch their tour later that year, Palmer surprisingly pulled out and was replaced by actor-singer Michael Des Barres, formerly of the band Detective.—
David Chiu,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Walked out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/walked%20out. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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