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shakeout
noun
(shake-out)
the failure or retrenchment of a significant number of firms in the economy or a sector or an industry that usually results in a depressed market
shakeout
noun
(shake-out)
a period or process in which the relatively weak or unessential are eliminated
shakeout
verb
(shake-out)
to prove to be in the end : turn out
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