cuts out

present tense third-person singular of cut out
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as in dies
to stop functioning the engine abruptly cut out

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as in replaces
to take the place of this ambitious new friend of hers seems to be cutting out people that she's known for years

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Recent Examples of cuts out Others are keeping data analog longer, since early digitization is expensive and skipping it for certain operations cuts out a major power drain. David Schie, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026 While the district has made hefty budget cuts in the last year to slash its looming deficit, Oakland Unified Superintendent Denise Saddler said officials have been able to keep most of the cuts out of the classroom. Molly Gibbs, Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2026 The video footage, taken from a vehicle, doesn’t show the head technique and cuts out after a minute. Alex Brizee july 17, Idaho Statesman, 17 July 2026 Nolan does away with the frame and cuts out the Phaeacians, but the film’s adventure episodes remain largely faithful to the poem. Natasha O'Neill, Vanity Fair, 16 July 2026 Quince’s business model cuts out traditional middlemen like distributors to offer these high-quality materials like cashmere and silk at budget-friendly, low prices. Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 29 May 2026 Clavicular is then removed from the frame before the stream abruptly cuts out. Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 15 Apr. 2026 But after the price of oil surged with the advent of the Iran war, roiling expectations for inflation, the markets began pricing those cuts out, with some investors even bracing for the possibility of rate hikes this year. Hugh Son, CNBC, 15 Apr. 2026 Secure this deal before the signal cuts out! Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 6 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cuts out
Verb
  • After the child dies, their shares revert to their surviving siblings while the grandchildren receive cash from the life insurance payout.
    Hayley Cuccinello, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026
  • College grad dies hours after X2 Christopher Hawley, a 22-year-old recent college graduate, rode X2 in June of 2022 with his cousin and brother.
    Blake Ellis, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Turning off Save Media stops Google from saving media from future Search interactions to your Search Services History.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 24 Aug. 2026
  • When every team has access to the same tools, producing more of anything stops being an advantage.
    Rhett Power, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026
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  • Good Good Golf apologizes for the ‘worst ad known to man’ and exits being a PGA Tour event sponsor.
    Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026
  • The new data from Zeki suggests the public exits are part of a broader reversal.
    Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • While solar roofs are not new, Hongqi’s approach replaces conventional crystalline silicon cells with thin and flexible perovskite photovoltaic materials.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The indictment replaces the original charges filed against Mays in 2024.
    Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 28 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Like eyes, ears and lungs, a person can live a relatively normal and active life if one organ in the natural set fails.
    Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Kick the can If Congress fails to act, payments are expected to be 22% lower, which could be devastating for the millions of seniors who rely on their Social Security benefits to pay for basic necessities.
    Ashley Lopez, NPR, 28 Aug. 2026
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  • But speed ceases to be an advantage the moment everyone possesses it.
    David Farbman, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • As the word ceases to mean a ceasing of fire, new terms have been coined.
    Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 17 July 2026
Verb
  • Areas farther east could see greater impacts if the center moves toward the Sabine Pass area, as some forecast guidance currently suggests.
    Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026
  • In training camp, Steward worked at nickel and at safety, but the personnel moves around the secondary have factored him out.
    Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Genesis also argued that the county lacked authority to revoke the permits because federal law supersedes local regulations.
    Adam Thompson, CBS News, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The real fix to this situation is to enact a federal framework that supersedes the state-by-state patchwork of regulations on autonomous vehicles.
    Mark Dalton, Oc Register, 26 Aug. 2026

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“Cuts out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cuts%20out. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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