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Recent Examples of shake out
Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 27 Mar. 2025
Based on my interpretation of the numbers, here’s how each of the key races currently shakes out.
—Dom Luszczyszyn, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025
Jim Cramer, CNBC, 3 Feb. 2025
Market shakeouts are about testing risk tolerances, forcing a rethink of unexamined premises and, at times, chastening the arrogant.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 3 Mar. 2025
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Verb
Then his car falls out of the parking lot and onto Athena’s cruiser, which explodes, so not sure how that all shook out.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 27 Mar. 2025
Based on my interpretation of the numbers, here’s how each of the key races currently shakes out.
—Dom Luszczyszyn, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025
Noun
Club stock Nvidia is not the only shakeout stock: Watch Palantir as well as nuclear and quantum stocks.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 3 Feb. 2025
Market shakeouts are about testing risk tolerances, forcing a rethink of unexamined premises and, at times, chastening the arrogant.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 3 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shake out
Verb
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Hiltz dropped a personal best in the 800-meter yesterday, proving to be one of the favorites to earn the large prize.—
Katelyn Hutchison,
Forbes.com,
6 Apr. 2025
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This silky moisturizer is clinically proven to shorten your skin’s adjustment period to retinoids while reducing dryness with a barrier-restoring blend of lipids—specifically ceramides, natural cholesterol, and fatty acids.—
Emily Orofino,
Vogue,
5 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Economic experts speaking to Chinese state broadcaster CCTV on Saturday also played into the idea that the trade shake-up was an opportunity for Beijing.—
Simone McCarthy,
CNN Money,
7 Apr. 2025
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If that habit holds, his administration’s seizing control of pool rotations may prove even more consequential than any briefing room shake-up since the small group of reporters in the Oval hold the cherished task of questioning the president in close quarters.—
Haisten Willis,
The Washington Examiner,
6 Apr. 2025
Verb
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During the long reprieve, borrowers fell out of the repayment habit, and some grew to expect loan forgiveness that hasn't materialized.—
Shahar Ziv,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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Nest has been championing an unscripted UK tax credit of late, as costs soar and the middle falls out the market.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
1 Apr. 2025
Noun
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During the pandemic shutdown, Unwind launched virtual social times for knitters and crocheters, later moving to the parks and eventually back to the store when businesses reopened.—
Janice Phelan,
Kansas City Star,
2 Apr. 2025
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That led to a developer revolt, a subreddit blackout, and the shutdown of some popular Reddit clients.—
Michael Kan,
PC Magazine,
2 Apr. 2025
Noun
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He’s finished top-20 in all five starts this year including T10 at The Players Championship and 2nd at the Arnold Palmer Invitational after holding the 54-hole lead and leading into the closing holes.—
Jay Ginsbach,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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Many lives will be changed by the closing, but perhaps none as much as Lorraine Willow’s.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
3 Apr. 2025
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“Shake out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shake%20out. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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