outed

verb

past tense of out
1
as in circulated
to become known the truth will out eventually

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2
as in dismissed
to drive or force out before moving in, we outed all the furry little creatures who had settled in the cabin over the winter

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Recent Examples of outed Co-owner John Mara is battling cancer, and co-owner Steve Tisch is laying low after being outed in the Epstein Files. — Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 22 Aug. 2026 Photoplay’s feature Hollywood’s Unmarried Husbands and Wives outed several of the era’s most bankable couples—Clark Gable and Carole Lombard among them—for the crime of cohabitating without paperwork. — Natalie Hoberman, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026 Culver was outed as Steven Methvin, a former Tempe deputy city manager who worked at the city between 2012 and 2022. — Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 31 July 2026 Thiel mentioned the news outlet Gawker, which had recently outed him as gay. — Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 13 July 2026 And what happens to someone who’s been outed like that, as a fake? — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 July 2026 Kansas City Chiefs coach Andy Reid, trainer Rick Burkholder, and general manager Brett Veach were outed by their tailor, who went online to brag about fitting their suits. — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 29 June 2026 And if they're caught rocking some flops in Cinque Terre, they won't just be outed as a fashion victim. — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 11 June 2026 Phil and Tony butt heads over a litany of issues, but one of the big hangups between the two of them in the first half of season six revolves around one of Tony's top earners, Vito Spatafore, being outed as a gay man. — Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 10 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for outed
  1. circulated
  2. dismissed
  3. spread
  4. ejected
  5. banished
  6. chased
  7. expelled
  8. evicted
Verb
  • Murmurs have circulated among California state workers about bedbugs returning to the Department of Education’s headquarters, where an infestation this summer resulted in employees temporarily working from home.
    — Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2026
  • April Leonard, a former social media manager for the city, had her name and picture circulated online after the city’s official X account posted a controversial joke about Butker.
    — Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of circulated
Verb
  • Following the meeting, the president dismissed the idea of new AI rules and reiterated his view that the industry should police itself.
    — Jeff Masonand Michael Shepard Bloomberg, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Like his brother, John had at first dismissed the idea of an American being elected to the papacy.
    — Scott Detrow, NPR, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of dismissed
Verb
  • Autumn marks the beginning of the annual flu season, when more people begin to congregate indoors and viruses spread faster.
    — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The predominant suites—all of which have generous outdoor space—are spread across four buildings whose Indonesian names translate to mountain, hill, plateau and valley.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of spread
Verb
  • Perdomo Torres was ejected from the van and thrown to the ground, breaking his leg, ankle and hand.
    — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Smith, who was riding in the left lane, was ejected from the bike and hit the pavement, suffering severe injuries, according to police.
    — Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of ejected
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  • After he is banished, a magical bracelet carries her across worlds and parallel space-times on a journey to reclaim her dreams and her lost love.
    — Emiliano de Pablos, Variety, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Now, after King Charles stripped her and Andrew of the titles of Duke and Duchess of York and banished them from Royal Lodge, Fergie is reportedly seeking a face-to-face meeting with Charles.
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of banished
Verb
  • Know More Private-credit firms are one of the fastest-growing borrower sets for banks, which were chased out of risky lending after the 2008 crisis but have since found their way back into the trade by lending to the firms that replaced them.
    — Ellen DiMauro, semafor.com, 5 Oct. 2026
  • My father, a Brazilian immigrant, chased after the man, and helped the police make an arrest.
    — Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of chased
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  • The seven Chi Phi members in question were expelled or suspended, but some of them were allowed to continue their education at the university following a monthslong Title IX investigation.
    — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Had they been found smoking grass in the school they would have been expelled or at least given detention, but no one knew that their club met in the trap room under the stage.
    — Tom Drury, Harpers Magazine, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of expelled
Verb
  • After 65 days in the house, Kirby was evicted just one week before the finale, coming in fourth place.
    — Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Days before their wedding, Porizkova and Greenstein revealed that they’d been evicted from her home of six years.
    — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of evicted

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“Outed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outed. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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