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Recent Examples of shake out
Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 27 Mar. 2025
Based on my interpretation of the numbers, here’s how each of the key races currently shakes out.
—Dom Luszczyszyn, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025
Jim Cramer, CNBC, 3 Feb. 2025
Market shakeouts are about testing risk tolerances, forcing a rethink of unexamined premises and, at times, chastening the arrogant.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 3 Mar. 2025
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Verb
Then his car falls out of the parking lot and onto Athena’s cruiser, which explodes, so not sure how that all shook out.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 27 Mar. 2025
Based on my interpretation of the numbers, here’s how each of the key races currently shakes out.
—Dom Luszczyszyn, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025
Noun
Club stock Nvidia is not the only shakeout stock: Watch Palantir as well as nuclear and quantum stocks.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 3 Feb. 2025
Market shakeouts are about testing risk tolerances, forcing a rethink of unexamined premises and, at times, chastening the arrogant.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 3 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shake out
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Jarred Kelenic, picked up in trade from the Seattle Mariners in the 2023-2024 offseason, has proven to be a liability as well, starting the season with an anemic slash line of .146./.239/.244.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Apr. 2025
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Naysayers insisted that increasing content costs would match the company’s rapid topline and subscriber growth, and profits would prove illusory.—
Michael Khouw,
CNBC,
17 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Economic experts speaking to Chinese state broadcaster CCTV on Saturday also played into the idea that the trade shake-up was an opportunity for Beijing.—
Simone McCarthy,
CNN Money,
7 Apr. 2025
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If that habit holds, his administration’s seizing control of pool rotations may prove even more consequential than any briefing room shake-up since the small group of reporters in the Oval hold the cherished task of questioning the president in close quarters.—
Haisten Willis,
The Washington Examiner,
6 Apr. 2025
Verb
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After falling out of the lead on the second hole, McIlroy regained the top spot and held it throughout most of the rest of the round.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Apr. 2025
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Thiel was a major Trump supporter during the 2016 campaign, but later had a falling out with the president and was largely on the sidelines in 2024 even as many of his tech peers rallied behind the Republican leader.—
Ari Levy,
CNBC,
11 Apr. 2025
Noun
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What To Know The shutdown announcement came hours after Senate Democratic Minority Leader Chuck Schumer called on federal authorities to revoke New York Helicopter Tours' operating permits.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Apr. 2025
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Meta will point to an increase in traffic to Instagram and Facebook during TikTok's brief shutdown in the United States in January as evidence of competition, according to court records.—
Jody Godoy,
USA Today,
14 Apr. 2025
Noun
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This looked like the player who two-putted every green in the final round at St. Andrews, who missed two short putts in the closing stretch at Pinehurst No. 2 last summer to watch Bryson DeChambeau hoist that U.S. Open trophy.—
Doug Ferguson,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Apr. 2025
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As of April 14, however, closing sales were ongoing.—
Jonathan Limehouse,
USA Today,
14 Apr. 2025
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“Shake out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shake%20out. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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