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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Examples of bear out in a Sentence
the newly discovered papers bore out the rumors about the president's personal life
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As in other areas, Trump’s policies did not exactly bear out the rhetoric.
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Sheri Berman, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024
Every performance also includes an impassioned testimonial about her faith, born out of the grief of her brother’s loss.
—Nancy Kruh, Peoplemag, 23 Apr. 2024
Its modern evolution began in 1960s New York City, born out of the Bronx’s burgeoning hip-hop culture — not as sport but as art, a blend of dancing, gymnastics, and martial arts.
—Brandon Sneed, Rolling Stone, 16 Apr. 2024
The theory, born out of her work with terminally ill patients, initially focused on how people grapple with their own mortality.
—Angela Haupt, TIME, 10 Apr. 2024
This has already been borne out in elections across Europe, from Sweden to the Netherlands, where far-right parties outmaneuvered the doom-mongering of a beleaguered liberal establishment.
—Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 2 Apr. 2024
Those meetings were born out of a controversial arrest in November.
—Ryan Oehrli, Charlotte Observer, 29 Mar. 2024
For decades, the iconic Modernist furniture born out of the era has been popular at auction in Tokyo: Nigo himself traded in Eames chairs before amassing pieces by the likes of Isamu Noguchi, Jean Prouvé and Pierre Jeanneret (long before the Kardashians did, his translator clarifies).
—Kurt Soller Anu Kumar, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2024
Studio Anand Sheth For Anand Sheth, who runs his own architecture and design firm in San Francisco, his mad-about-plaid mentality was born out of practicality.
—Kelsey Mulvey, Sunset Magazine, 10 Apr. 2024
Sheri Berman, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024
Every performance also includes an impassioned testimonial about her faith, born out of the grief of her brother’s loss.
—Nancy Kruh, Peoplemag, 23 Apr. 2024
Its modern evolution began in 1960s New York City, born out of the Bronx’s burgeoning hip-hop culture — not as sport but as art, a blend of dancing, gymnastics, and martial arts.
—Brandon Sneed, Rolling Stone, 16 Apr. 2024
The theory, born out of her work with terminally ill patients, initially focused on how people grapple with their own mortality.
—Angela Haupt, TIME, 10 Apr. 2024
This has already been borne out in elections across Europe, from Sweden to the Netherlands, where far-right parties outmaneuvered the doom-mongering of a beleaguered liberal establishment.
—Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 2 Apr. 2024
Those meetings were born out of a controversial arrest in November.
—Ryan Oehrli, Charlotte Observer, 29 Mar. 2024
For decades, the iconic Modernist furniture born out of the era has been popular at auction in Tokyo: Nigo himself traded in Eames chairs before amassing pieces by the likes of Isamu Noguchi, Jean Prouvé and Pierre Jeanneret (long before the Kardashians did, his translator clarifies).
—Kurt Soller Anu Kumar, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2024
Studio Anand Sheth For Anand Sheth, who runs his own architecture and design firm in San Francisco, his mad-about-plaid mentality was born out of practicality.
—Kelsey Mulvey, Sunset Magazine, 10 Apr. 2024
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“Bear out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bear%20out. Accessed 27 Apr. 2024.
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