How to Use readout in a Sentence

readout

1 of 2 noun
  • He checked the readout on the screen.
  • The calculator has a digital readout.
  • The early readout is that the budget is a win for the wealthy and a loss for the poor.
    — Chris Cillizza, CNN, 23 May 2017
  • Just poke the probes about 4 inches into the ground to get a readout.
    — The Editors, Field & Stream, 9 Sep. 2019
  • In the past, the meeting would last three days, with a readout published in state media at the end.
    — Bloomberg.com, 13 Dec. 2022
  • While there's a big digital readout for speed in km/h, the one in mph is in microwave-oven point.
    — Tony Quiroga, Car and Driver, 1 July 2020
  • Tap it to see a battery life readout for the headphones and an option to rename them.
    — PCMAG, 30 Apr. 2024
  • The screen readout is bright and easy to see at-a-glance, displaying speed, watts, and battery life.
    — Maggie Slepian, Travel + Leisure, 11 Feb. 2025
  • But that is an entire readout of the electrical current of the heart.
    — Stat Staff, STAT, 15 Sep. 2020
  • The main screen shows battery life readouts for each earpiece, along with the case (if both buds are inside).
    — PCMAG, 20 July 2024
  • Yet his aides may have seriously erred in their readout of the Biden call.
    — Stephen Collinson, CNN, 28 Jan. 2022
  • The app shows a battery readout for the speaker at the top and a list of menu options below.
    — PC Magazine, 12 Aug. 2025
  • The search found 160 such studies with data readouts planned for this year.
    — Adam Feuerstein, STAT, 23 Mar. 2020
  • The White House's readout of the call did not mention the hockey games.
    — Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 19 Mar. 2025
  • An Adams spokesman didn’t return a request for a readout of the meeting.
    — Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 19 July 2024
  • The Hill’s Brett Samuels has the full readout from the press briefing here.
    — Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 8 July 2024
  • By all accounts of the readouts of his meetings, Kim is smart and reads up and knows what's going on.
    — David Nakamura, Washington Post, 4 May 2018
  • The White House did not provide a separate readout of the call.
    — Laya Neelakandan, CNBC, 18 June 2025
  • The White House provided no public readout on some of the calls.
    — Karen Deyoung, Washington Post, 22 Nov. 2023
  • The White House promised to provide a readout of the call afterward.
    — Fox News, 28 July 2022
  • The readout said Biden pledged to visit Canada in the coming months.
    — Amanda Coletta, Washington Post, 13 June 2022
  • The White House readout of the exchange was far more anodyne.
    — Abigail Tracy, The Hive, 2 Feb. 2017
  • 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
  • The readout of the phase 3 data for patients with obesity should be released soon.
    — Christina Cheddar Berk, CNBC, 6 Aug. 2025
  • Next week, Jackson will release a fuller readout and take questions from the press, Sanders added.
    — Maria Pasquini, PEOPLE.com, 11 Jan. 2018
  • That keeps the engine on all the time, cracks the whip on the gear changing, stiffens the steering, and gives you a tachometer readout.
    — Al Haas, Philly.com, 14 July 2017
  • The speedo is crammed with digits to 180 mph, but there also is a digital speed readout.
    — Mark Maynard, sandiegouniontribune.com, 30 June 2017
  • The latest readout from the Bloomberg index has the men tied on $128 billion each.
    — Michelle Toh, CNN, 24 Nov. 2020
  • The White House has not provided a readout of his meeting or remarks.
    — Naomi Lim, The Washington Examiner, 11 Oct. 2025
  • The White House readout of the call did not mention the forthcoming report.
    — Margaret Brennan, CBS News, 25 Feb. 2021

read out

2 of 2 verb
  • The names were read out in order from first rank to last.
    — George Packer, The Atlantic, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Checkers don’t read out quotes or seek approval.
    — Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
  • As the verdict was read out, Tikhanovsky turned his back on the judge.
    — Patrick Reevell, ABC News, 14 Dec. 2021
  • Ari has not been charged, but spoke as a witness in a statement read out in court.
    — Becca Longmire, Peoplemag, 9 May 2024
  • Those trials are going to read out in the next couple of months.
    — CBS News, 4 July 2021
  • But that attitude all changed as the judge read out his sentence.
    — Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Their accounts of the attacks to the police at the time were read out to the court.
    — Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 30 June 2025
  • That’s fine as well—this doesn’t have to be the right answer for every guy who reads out there.
    — Literary Hub, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Clarkson then continued to read out the vows.
    — Erin Clack, PEOPLE, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Gaffney's voice in the video read out the contents—from clothing sizes to music.
    — Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The groom kicked things off by reading out the vows that the bride had written on his behalf.
    — Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 12 Feb. 2024
  • As the judge read out the sentences, shouts of protest rang out from the defendants’ box.
    — ABC News, 26 June 2026
  • The sentences being read out by the court president range from prison terms to fines.
    — Thomas Adamson, Chicago Tribune, 23 May 2025
  • The rare winners, the true outliers, get read out and fed back into the model.
    — Lutz Finger, Forbes.com, 25 May 2026
  • Kylie read out from her followers' questions.
    — Staff Author, PEOPLE, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Each time her name was read out through the concourse, the Tide faithful rose to their feet and cheered.
    — Nick Alvarez | [email protected], al, 29 May 2023
  • 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
  • There is a tight moment of tension and then…Heath Riles’s name is read out.
    — Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 1 July 2026
  • The one thing the two sides had in common was reading—but only one language was read out in the open.
    — Yuki Tejima august 26, Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Then Jack surprises us all and reads out a poem he's written for her.
    — Alexandra Koster, refinery29.com, 18 Feb. 2024
  • Lists of victims’ names were read out from the charge sheets in court — the first such disclosure to the public.
    — Kanis Leung, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2026
  • The large backlit display will give you a read out on temperature, along with a timer.
    — Molly Allen, Southern Living, 1 Aug. 2024
  • Results are counted by hand and read out loud, with the totals tallied on a whiteboard.
    — Chris Morris, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2024
  • 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
  • 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
  • In coming days, he will be brought before a judge and will have the allegations read out in court.
    — Reuters, NBC News, 12 Mar. 2025
  • As the final verdict was read out Spacey dissolved into tears.
    — Ellise Shafer, Variety, 26 July 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
  • When the clerk started to read out the orders, McKnight stood to hear his fate.
    — Saumya Roy, The Dial, 6 Jan. 2026
  • However, when Hayek read out the winner, Keaton was nowhere to be found.
    — Beatrice Verhoeven, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Feb. 2022

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