RUN OUT Synonyms: 34 Similar and Opposite Words

run out

verb

Definition of run out

as in to cast out

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Recent Examples of run out That entire combination has now run out, so California license plates began this year using number-number-number-letter-letter-letter-number. — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026 Washington, which was 1 for 11 on third down to that point, converted two on the final drive to run out the clock. — ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026 These Packers got run out of Lambeau Field by a previously winless team. — Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 25 Sep. 2026 Often the person calling let the tape run out, never saying a word. — Josephine Reisman, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for run out

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Verb

Lamashtu said something the patriarch couldn’t abide, and for that she was cast out of polite divine society forever and sent to make chaos among mortals.

— Eleanor Johnson, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026
Some hoped that labels would confront the culture of misogyny in an ecosystem that critics have long said has gone unchecked and cast out predators among their ranks.

— Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of cast out

Verb

Rooms The residence’s apartments and suites are all about modern luxury with high ceilings and floor-to-ceiling windows, along with a solid stone ceiling which eliminated any sounds coming in from other rooms.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
The nation eliminated the domestic spread of measles in 2000 by maintaining high vaccination rates, but those rates have fallen in recent years to below the 95% coverage needed to prevent outbreaks.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of eliminate

Verb

Alternatively, the court could order that materials from the search be excluded from any case against him, and in the extreme, could award Mountbatten-Windsor compensation and a police apology.

— Will Barker, TheWeek, 6 Oct. 2026
Foreigners employed in the country, excluding domestic workers, fell by 16,000 in the three months to June, driven by a drop in construction jobs, according to the government’s quarterly report.

— Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of exclude

Verb

The show worked with local police, but many of the criminal cases later ended up being thrown out due to issues of entrapment or jurisdiction, per Fischel; none of the other men arrested in the sting that included Conradt’s suicide were prosecuted.

— Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2026
Using a coffee cup that Tanzer threw out, the investigators confirmed Tanzer’s DNA was found on Beatty’s dress.

— Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 2 Oct. 2026