Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A withdrawal, especially of troops.
- noun Change from a dive to level flight. Used of an aircraft.
- noun An object designed to be pulled out.
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- noun A
withdrawal , especially ofarmed forces - noun The
change of theflight of anaircraft from adive tolevel flight - noun An object, such as a
newspaper supplement that can bepulled out from something else
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun to break off a military action with an enemy
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Examples
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One of the companies planning a pullout is Development Alternatives International, a USAID contractor helping implement the coalition's counter-insurgency strategy.
Afghan Aid Groups Plan to Leave Over Karzai Decree Maria Abi-Habib 2010
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After Japan tightened its sanctions against Iran on Sept. 3, to align itself with the U.S. and European countries, Inpex has been the center of attention regarding a possible pullout from the massive oil project.
Japanese Firm Will Exit Iran Oil Project Mari Iwata 2010
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And yet those letterforms somehow convey an immediacy — in pullout quotes or strips of bulletin text.
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In a debate October 21, he said, “I have a quote form [General David] Petraeus in the office under plastic: ‘the threat of a troop pullout is useful.’”
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Michael O'Hanlon, national security expert at the Brookings Institution, a nonpartisan think tank, said he believes Americans will make a serious assessment at the end of 2010 as to whether a pullout is necessary.
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He kept the peace among the grossly disfavored which, once US pullout is complete, may never be achieved again.
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He kept the peace among the grossly disfavored which, once US pullout is complete, may never be achieved again.
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He kept the peace among the grossly disfavored which, once US pullout is complete, may never be achieved again.
Why Does It Have to Require So Much Thought? | Her Bad Mother 2008
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He kept the peace among the grossly disfavored which, once US pullout is complete, may never be achieved again.
Only The English are British Newmania 2008
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He kept the peace among the grossly disfavored which, once US pullout is complete, may never be achieved again.
Letter Two Newmania 2008
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