fan out
verb
fanned out; fanning out; fans out
: to spread apart or to cause (something) to spread apart
The police fanned out across the park in search of the suspect.
He fanned out his fingers.
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Shoutout to all the Knicks fans out there!
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Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 16 June 2026
On Saturday night, this team of destiny delivered New Yorkers the Larry O’Brien trophy, at last, a moment that drove fans out of bars and their apartment buildings into the streets to celebrate the Knicks 94-90 Game 5 win in San Antonio.
—Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 14 June 2026
Doug Williams examines an attempt to keep Knicks fans out of Game 5 at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, while Nick Caloway looks at what is turning into a very busy night at Madison Square Garden for several reasons.
—Mark Prussin, CBS News, 13 June 2026
Most modern cyanobacteria have large antenna complexes (or phycobilisomes), built from proteins infused with light-absorbing pigments, that fan out from the thylakoid membrane in a large semicircle.
—Quanta Magazine, 10 June 2026
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Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 16 June 2026
On Saturday night, this team of destiny delivered New Yorkers the Larry O’Brien trophy, at last, a moment that drove fans out of bars and their apartment buildings into the streets to celebrate the Knicks 94-90 Game 5 win in San Antonio.
—Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 14 June 2026
Doug Williams examines an attempt to keep Knicks fans out of Game 5 at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, while Nick Caloway looks at what is turning into a very busy night at Madison Square Garden for several reasons.
—Mark Prussin, CBS News, 13 June 2026
Most modern cyanobacteria have large antenna complexes (or phycobilisomes), built from proteins infused with light-absorbing pigments, that fan out from the thylakoid membrane in a large semicircle.
—Quanta Magazine, 10 June 2026
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“Fan out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fan%20out. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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