sweats out

verb

present tense third-person singular of sweat out
as in stands
to put up with (something painful or difficult) I can sweat out one more year of this job—before I totally flip out

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sweats out
  1. stands
  2. handles
  3. tolerates
  4. accepts
  5. endures
  6. takes
  7. sticks out
  8. bears
Verb
  • But anyone who’s yet to see the earlier series need not fret; while Seven Havens makes reference especially to Korra, any crucial details are reestablished within a narrative that’s set nearly two centuries later and stands largely on its own.
    — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Where the court ultimately stands will have to do with its answers to these tough questions.
    — Robert Spitzer, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of stands
Verb
  • Netflix will stream it in Latin America, Spain and Portugal in 2027 following a theatrical run, while Luxbox handles international sales.
    — Anna Marie de la Fuente, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026
  • That high smoke point is a big part of why tallow handles hot pans and deep fryers without breaking down.
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Charlotte Observer, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of handles
Verb
  • That also suggests the league accepts, or at least tolerates, the flag-heavy officiating that has come to define the early months of the season.
    — Bobby Burack OutKick, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Vietnam's communist government tolerates little dissent and tightly controls the media.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of tolerates
Verb
  • Debounce delay is the time between when a key on a mechanical keyboard is pressed and when the keyboard accepts the keypress as an input.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Put another way, roughly two employees are weighing an exit for every one who accepts a job at a company.
    — Kristin Stoller, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of accepts
Verb
  • The interdictions come as Cuba endures its worst energy crisis in decades.
    — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The inanimate matter of the Earth endures, as does its atmosphere.
    — Eileen Hunt, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of endures
Verb
  • The legislation takes a balanced and unprecedented approach to bundling a bevy of streamlining proposals into a single bill, said Ben Norris, senior vice president of regulatory affairs for the Solar Energy Industries Association.
    — Jordan Blum, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2026
  • The elegant three-hander takes design cues from two watches the maison released in the 1980s, with a pebble-like, lugless case and a traditional white grand feu enamel dial.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of takes
Verb
  • The Lotte sticks out from its Downtown surroundings, the shiny glass of the tower skyrocketing up from the otherwise ordinary city streets.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Bachmeier’s jersey number sticks out at a position in which almost everyone wears a number in the teens or single digits.
    — Jim Barnes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of sticks out
Verb
  • The ongoing heat wave across the Golden State bears little resemblance to weather that reminds people of pumpkin spice and fall leaves, at least for now.
    — Sean Macaday, Sacbee.com, 6 Oct. 2026
  • The house that bears his name has long demonstrated an equally discerning eye for colored gemstones.
    — Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of bears
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