bear out
verb
bore out; borne out also born out; bearing out; bears out
: confirm, substantiate
a theory borne out by data
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the newly discovered papers bore out the rumors about the president's personal life
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Yet my overall impressions of the exhibition—as a public forum of address, redress, and dialogue in which critical questions of public memory, regional identity, ideologies of nationalism, and the capacious field of site-specific sculpture can, if not should be borne out—are decidedly more mixed.
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Horace D. Ballard, Artforum, 22 Apr. 2026
That is borne out by the real-life strategy of the University of California endowment, run by Jagdeep Singh Bachher, who seven years ago shifted a significant portion of the fund’s assets from hedge funds, private equity and venture capital into low cost stock index funds.
—Terry Savage, Chicago Tribune, 21 Apr. 2026
And as the standings thus far bear out, higher payrolls don't always correlate to success.
—Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 21 Apr. 2026
First, there really is a bear out there, and kids will figure out where long before the girl does.
—Elise Broach, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
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Horace D. Ballard, Artforum, 22 Apr. 2026
That is borne out by the real-life strategy of the University of California endowment, run by Jagdeep Singh Bachher, who seven years ago shifted a significant portion of the fund’s assets from hedge funds, private equity and venture capital into low cost stock index funds.
—Terry Savage, Chicago Tribune, 21 Apr. 2026
And as the standings thus far bear out, higher payrolls don't always correlate to success.
—Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 21 Apr. 2026
First, there really is a bear out there, and kids will figure out where long before the girl does.
—Elise Broach, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for bear out
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“Bear out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bear%20out. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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