let out
verb
let out; letting out; lets out
: to conclude a session or performance
school let out in June
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Peterson, 26, was found dead from a single stab wound to her chest at the South San Jose campus; school had let out the day before, and faculty and staff were cleaning out their classrooms for the summer break.
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Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 3 June 2025
The days are about to look very different for most parents in a few weeks as schools let out for the summer.
—Adrianna Rodriguez, USA Today, 29 May 2025
The family became visibly shaken at the idea that Dominic could be let out and multiple family members began crying and believing there was still a chance they could be killed by the cartel.
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 May 2025
Anne Bremner, a trial lawyer in Seattle, said the brothers will have some pressure on them to prepare for the parole board and impress upon them that they should be let out.
—Jaimie Ding, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2025
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Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 3 June 2025
The days are about to look very different for most parents in a few weeks as schools let out for the summer.
—Adrianna Rodriguez, USA Today, 29 May 2025
The family became visibly shaken at the idea that Dominic could be let out and multiple family members began crying and believing there was still a chance they could be killed by the cartel.
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 May 2025
Anne Bremner, a trial lawyer in Seattle, said the brothers will have some pressure on them to prepare for the parole board and impress upon them that they should be let out.
—Jaimie Ding, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2025
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“Let out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/let%20out. Accessed 8 Jun. 2025.
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