How to Use readout in a Sentence

readout

1 of 2 noun
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  • He checked the readout on the screen.
  • The calculator has a digital readout.
  • The best feature of the Thermapen is the quick readout.
    — Jim Rossman, Dallas News, 2 Sep. 2021
  • The White House has not yet released a readout of the call.
    — Forbes Staff Reports, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2022
  • The Hill’s Brett Samuels has the full readout from the press briefing here.
    — Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 8 July 2024
  • The White House promised to provide a readout of the call afterward.
    — Fox News, 28 July 2022
  • In the past, the meeting would last three days, with a readout published in state media at the end.
    — Bloomberg.com, 13 Dec. 2022
  • The latest readout from the Bloomberg index has the men tied on $128 billion each.
    — Michelle Toh, CNN, 24 Nov. 2020
  • The readout said Biden pledged to visit Canada in the coming months.
    — Amanda Coletta, Washington Post, 13 June 2022
  • The White House provided no public readout on some of the calls.
    — Karen Deyoung, Washington Post, 22 Nov. 2023
  • The White House readout of the call did not mention the forthcoming report.
    — Margaret Brennan, CBS News, 25 Feb. 2021
  • An electrode readout made the order of events clear: first the pup moved, then the brain responded.
    — Amanda Gefter, The New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2023
  • With Aspen-11, Rigetti is claiming that a specific type of error—the readout of the state of the qubit—has been cut in half.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 16 Dec. 2021
  • At the top of the section, images of the AirPods Pro and their case sit side-by-side along with battery readouts for each.
    — Joe Hindy, PCMAG, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Tap it to see a battery life readout for the headphones and an option to rename them.
    — PCMAG, 30 Apr. 2024
  • But the readout stopped short of Biden calling for a ceasefire, a position held by many Democrats on the Hill.
    — Jeremy Herb, CNN, 17 May 2021
  • Yet his aides may have seriously erred in their readout of the Biden call.
    — Stephen Collinson, CNN, 28 Jan. 2022
  • All that was necessary was a heating block, the reagents, and paper flow strips to give a readout of the results.
    — Walter Isaacson, STAT, 5 Mar. 2021
  • Even so, a readout of the meeting by Xinhua dangles the hint of a Chinese carrot.
    — Clay Chandler and grady McGregor, Fortune, 16 Nov. 2021
  • The White House readout of the call did not specifically mention that the ban was discussed.
    — NBC News, 7 Mar. 2022
  • The White House readout of Biden's call with Netanyahu was notably tough on the prime minister.
    — Tyler Olson, Fox News, 20 May 2021
  • The pair also talked about the negotiations for the release of hostages held by Hamas, the readout said.
    — NBC News, 29 Feb. 2024
  • The White House did not mention the invitation in its own readout.
    — NBC News, 14 Feb. 2022
  • On the readout, a flatline means the sample is negative.
    — Shari Rudavsky, The Indianapolis Star, 9 Nov. 2021
  • That call was reported on at the time, but CNN obtained a more detailed readout of the call on Thursday.
    — Andrew Kaczynski, CNN, 14 Jan. 2022
  • When you’re done with that, get a readout of the most powerful people in the music biz with the latest Power 100 list.
    — Marc Schneider, Billboard, 16 Feb. 2024
  • Tomkunas took photos and videos of the fish and of the digital readout on a friend’s scale and submitted the evidence to the state.
    — Jesse Leavenworth, courant.com, 28 Sep. 2021
  • Tapping on this menu reveals a screen with an image of the speaker and a battery life readout.
    — PCMAG, 25 June 2024
  • Items on the central display can be swiped onto the Panoramic readout.
    — Jason Barlow, WIRED, 21 Mar. 2024
  • Google feels loading speed is so important for search that there's a time-generation readout at the top of every results page.
    — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 25 Mar. 2024
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read out

2 of 2 verb
  • As the verdict was read out, Tikhanovsky turned his back on the judge.
    — Patrick Reevell, ABC News, 14 Dec. 2021
  • All of the charges were read out in detail in front of Spacey, who sat in the dock, and the jury.
    — Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 June 2023
  • The jurors read out the verdicts in the silent courtroom.
    — Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2024
  • Each time her name was read out through the concourse, the Tide faithful rose to their feet and cheered.
    — Nick Alvarez | Nalvarez@al.com, al, 29 May 2023
  • The groom kicked things off by reading out the vows that the bride had written on his behalf.
    — Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 12 Feb. 2024
  • On the steps, Alexander struggled with her emotions as the names of the six Covenant dead were read out loud.
    — Kevin Sullivan, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Aug. 2023
  • Those trials are going to read out in the next couple of months.
    — CBS News, 4 July 2021
  • Ari has not been charged, but spoke as a witness in a statement read out in court.
    — Becca Longmire, Peoplemag, 9 May 2024
  • However, when Hayek read out the winner, Keaton was nowhere to be found.
    — Beatrice Verhoeven, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Feb. 2022
  • As the verdict was read out, Reffitt showed no emotion and looked down at his hands and the table.
    — Robert Legare, CBS News, 9 Mar. 2022
  • Letby broke down in tears as the first set of guilty verdicts were read out by the jury’s foreman on Aug. 8, the BBC said.
    — Robert Higgs, cleveland, 18 Aug. 2023
  • When on a phone call, users will now be able to type back responses that will be read out loud on the other end of the call.
    — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 7 Mar. 2022
  • The judge read out messages from Snapchat stories that Linize shared with 20 friends.
    — Catherine Porter, BostonGlobe.com, 5 July 2023
  • His father read out verses from the corner of the stage, rather than his usual spot in the center.
    — Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Their name and a fun fact is read out for all to hear, their photograph displayed on huge screens dotted around the event.
    — Lane Sainty, The Arizona Republic, 24 Feb. 2023
  • But also like both of those books, Harvey’s words make more sense when read out loud or heard from her mouth on the album.
    — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 6 July 2023
  • The proclamation will also be read out across England and Wales.
    — Matthew Mulligan, NBC News, 10 Sep. 2022
  • It will also be read out in the medieval City of London and at other locations across the U.K.
    — Staff and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2022
  • Many Jews will come to synagogue to hear the last passage of the Torah read out loud, followed by the reading of the first passage to start the new cycle.
    — Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Sep. 2021
  • The scale has a 330-pound weight capacity and can be set to read out in either kilograms or pounds with a button on the back.
    — Camryn Rabideau, Popular Mechanics, 19 Jan. 2023
  • Then Jack surprises us all and reads out a poem he's written for her.
    — Alexandra Koster, refinery29.com, 18 Feb. 2024
  • The junior quarterback made the correct reads out of the pistol offense.
    — Chris Vogt, The Enquirer, 26 Aug. 2023
  • The public can comment on city business via emails, which are read out loud by City Clerk Zack Beck.
    — Joe Tash, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2021
  • As the final verdict was read out Spacey dissolved into tears.
    — Ellise Shafer, Variety, 26 July 2023
  • By the time the caucus captains read out the results, tallied by hand on a piece of paper, most people had filtered out.
    — Antonia Hitchens, The New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2024
  • As Kerber read out the names of the witnesses, Hawash was astounded to recognize many of them.
    — New York Times, 25 Jan. 2022
  • The holding company added a notary read out the late Berlusconi’s last will on Thursday.
    — Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 July 2023
  • On Monday, statements from the babies' parents were also read out in court.
    — Liam Quinn, Peoplemag, 21 Aug. 2023
  • The Paris tribunal took nearly three hours to read out its verdict totaling 1,988 pages.
    — Star Tribune, 29 Mar. 2021
  • Then the judge read out her sentence: three years, just what the assistant US attorney recommended.
    — Lauren Smiley, WIRED, 10 July 2024

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