as in to exclude
to prevent the participation, consideration, or inclusion of
local residents feel that they have been shut out of the debate for expanding the airport
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Recent Examples of shut out
Aaron Portzline, The Athletic, 21 Mar. 2025
Overall, Connecticut leads the way with 23 appearances, followed by California and Tennessee.
Between the lines: 23 states have been shut out of the women's Final Four.
—Analis Bailey, Axios, 20 Mar. 2025
Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2025
In his last nine starts, he’s had two shutouts, allowed one goal twice and given up two goals three times.
—Scott Powers, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
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The Blue Jackets have been shut out three times in the last four games, and four times in the last seven.
—Aaron Portzline, The Athletic, 21 Mar. 2025
Overall, Connecticut leads the way with 23 appearances, followed by California and Tennessee.
Between the lines: 23 states have been shut out of the women's Final Four.
—Analis Bailey, Axios, 20 Mar. 2025
Noun
Five shutouts in his first seven starts, 7-0 with an 0.29 ERA.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2025
In his last nine starts, he’s had two shutouts, allowed one goal twice and given up two goals three times.
—Scott Powers, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
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What To Know Dimon is proposing to both increase the size of the credit and remove restrictions tied to family status—a move that would open EITC access to many workers that are currently excluded.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Apr. 2025
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Canada has also threatened to hit the U.S. with tariffs, though its imports along with Mexico’s were excluded from Trump’s announcement of tariffs last week.—
Lauren Irwin,
The Hill,
9 Apr. 2025
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Friday in Tampa, Strong scored 22 points in UConn’s blowout victory against top overall seed UCLA, becoming just the third freshman in program history behind Breanna Stewart and Maya Moore to drop 20-plus in a Final Four game.—
Grace Raynor,
New York Times,
6 Apr. 2025
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The Royals on Monday recorded 14 hits in their 11-1 blowout victory.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
2 Apr. 2025
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Cinema Saviours After years of the washout of the Covid years, the appearance of Oppenheimer and Barbie, appearing in cinemas at the same time gave us the much talked about ‘Barbenheimer’ phenomenon, with many people choosing to see both films on the same day.—
Benny Har-Even,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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In fairness, Grier and McDaniel haven’t wasted much money on big-ticket washouts.—
Chris Perkins,
Sun Sentinel,
26 Feb. 2025
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Certain artificial dyes used in the U.S. are banned or subject to warning labels in other countries.—
Nicole Brown Chau,
CBS News,
9 Apr. 2025
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that cigarette smoking causes more than 480,000 deaths annually in the U.S. Beverly Hills and Manhattan Beach, California, banned the sale of most tobacco products beginning in 2021.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Apr. 2025
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Leesburg 19-19, Eastside 4-3 Buzz: Brianna Tozer went 2 for 5 with a double and 5 RBIs for Leesburg (12-4) in Game 1 of the doubleheader sweep while Hailey Toothaker went 2 for 2 with 2 RBIs.—
Steve Gorches,
The Orlando Sentinel,
3 Apr. 2025
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The Padres can start the season with a four-game sweep over the Braves with a win on Sunday.—
Ron Estes,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Mar. 2025
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The season after raising the Cup finds the Cats 37-24 and on three-game win streak after Saturday’s 3-0 whitewash of Calgary on top of a 4-3 win over Edmonton in a Cup Final rematch.—
Greg Cote,
Miami Herald,
2 Mar. 2025
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The danger signals were already there from the warm-up whitewash in India just a few weeks ago where England were barely competitive.—
Tim Ellis,
Forbes,
1 Mar. 2025
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For football, one playoff win over a three-year period eliminates you from waiver consideration.—
Steve Millar,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Apr. 2025
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Vietnam offer to drop tariffs not enough On Monday morning, Trump trade adviser Peter Navarro said on CNBC even Vietnam's offer to eliminate tariffs on U.S. imports would not be enough for the administration to lift its new levies announced last week.—
Medora Lee,
USA Today,
7 Apr. 2025
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Bickerstaff is the landslide winner, but Kidd deserves positive chatter.—
Mac Engel,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
4 Apr. 2025
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In addition to replenishing the beach sand and reinforcing the revetment, OCTA plans to build a permanent catchment wall and restore the section of a popular coastal pedestrian trail destroyed by the landslide.—
Phil Diehl,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 Apr. 2025
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“Shut out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shut%20out. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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