LOOKED OUT (FOR) Synonyms: 63 Similar and Opposite Words

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verb

past tense of look out (for)

as in guarded (against)

to be cautious of or on guard against if you go in those woods, look out for snakes!

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as in watched

to have an interest or concern for as a fiduciary, she has an obligation to look out for our interests

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looked out for

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phrase

past tense of look out for

as in looked after

to attend to the needs and comforts of He always looks out for his grandkids.

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In 2025, a group of experts on iron objects had noticed a sixteenth- or seventeenth-century strongbox that Gardner had purchased in 1894, in Italy.

— Shayla Love, New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2026
Eventually, her friend—local musician and record producer Jay Oliver—noticed her talent and gave her a foot in the door by recording advertising jingles for the likes of McDonald’s and Toyota.

— Selena Fragassi, SPIN, 9 Oct. 2026

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Degroote says Fox acquired the format after executives watched the French adaptation, which significantly expanded the scale of the original Norwegian concept.

— Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026
According to Phillips, there were around 6 billion hours of unscripted watched across the BBC last year, while 70% of the corporation’s content mix is now unscripted.

— Max Goldbart, Deadline, 12 Oct. 2026

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Ijbara also looked after Abuhashish’s younger brother, who followed Abuhashish to Chicago.

— Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 3 Oct. 2026
Talem will be looked after by MAD Rising Celebrity, MAD Celebrity’s talent initiative dedicated to emerging standout acting talent from the Arab world and supporting their growth within the wider filmmaking industry.

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 23 Sep. 2026

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In the first of two nights there Monday, Williams performed for almost exactly two hours without doing a single Paramore song — and what’s remarkable is, nobody cared.

— Chris Willman, Variety, 8 Oct. 2026
By then, the meme had already become a viral format, and users cared little about its AI origins.

— Angela Yang, NBC news, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of cared

Phrase

Even then, parting with Harper or Schwarber could backfire the way parting with Pete Alonso did for the New York Mets.

— Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2026
Conover told The Times that payments made by the campaign to a company connected to him were not for his posts but for video work one of his staffers did for Raman’s campaign.

— Ben Wieder, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026

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