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as in to succeed
to turn out as planned or desired
the investment scheme didn't quite pan out
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Recent Examples of pan out
The robot initially wrestled the cooking pan out of his hands to take control.
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Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2025
The camera pans out to the hallway as visitors flee, while the gorilla’s roar echoes loudly in the background.
—Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
And if its approach doesn’t pan out, others are lining up right behind it.
—Harry Booth, Time, 29 Oct. 2025
High water costs in the San Diego region are driven by the water authority’s outsized infrastructure, which was overbuilt to meet population growth and water demands that didn’t pan out as conservation efforts improved.
—Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Oct. 2025
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Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2025
The camera pans out to the hallway as visitors flee, while the gorilla’s roar echoes loudly in the background.
—Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
And if its approach doesn’t pan out, others are lining up right behind it.
—Harry Booth, Time, 29 Oct. 2025
High water costs in the San Diego region are driven by the water authority’s outsized infrastructure, which was overbuilt to meet population growth and water demands that didn’t pan out as conservation efforts improved.
—Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pan out
Verb
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The middle class, desperate to prove this distinction too, would spend an outsized portion of their income on glimmering dresses and other purchases meant to be seen by others.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
9 Nov. 2025
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All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.—
Jasmine Baehr,
FOXNews.com,
9 Nov. 2025
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This single activity arguably bundles many of the cognitive skills—filtering, decoding, planning, analysis—required to succeed in virtually any kind of knowledge work.—
Cal Newport,
New Yorker,
11 Nov. 2025
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The exec succeeds Daniel Lamarre, who stepped in as interim CEO in April 2025 and before that ran the global circus troupe for nearly 20 years until 2021, based in Montreal.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Nov. 2025
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Unfortunately, Packers quarterback Jordan Love will go into the game without one of his top receiving threats, who came into the game with a questionable tag.—
Reice Shipley,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Nov. 2025
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The company count included insiders like Musk, who held around a 15% stake in Tesla going into the proxy and was allowed to vote his shares.—
Lora Kolodny,
CNBC,
11 Nov. 2025
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The treatment of a player who was widely revered as an icon in Dallas, especially less than a year after an NBA Finals appearance, went over like a ton of bricks.—
Kyle Feldscher,
CNN Money,
11 Nov. 2025
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Last week, Ohio food pantries recorded a surge in need, as federal workers went over a month without pay.—
Solcyré Burga,
Time,
10 Nov. 2025
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Delete suspicious messages immediately and never click on links from unknown sources.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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The user doesn't have to click on a link or a message.—
Jude Joffe-Block,
NPR,
8 Nov. 2025
Verb
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The agreement includes bipartisan bills worked out by the Senate Appropriations Committee to fund parts of government — food aid, veterans programs and the legislative branch, among other things.—
Orianna Rosa Royle,
Fortune,
10 Nov. 2025
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For well over a year, these comfy walking shoes became my go-to for catching flights, running errands, working out, and clocking thousands of steps across New York City.—
Amelia McBride,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Nov. 2025
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“Pan out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pan%20out. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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