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Examples of play out in a Sentence
we've finally played out the leftovers from that huge holiday meal
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Each airline emergency plays out differently, affecting different seats more than others each time.
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Boone Ashworth, WIRED, 26 Apr. 2024
And the fallout from the company’s relationship with the musician continues to play out uncomfortably and under the harsh gaze of public scrutiny.
—Lila MacLellan, Fortune, 26 Apr. 2024
How does that resistance to change play out in their dynamics with the other women in their social circle?
—Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Apr. 2024
Trending In many ways, the Kendrick beef is playing out in Drake’s favor online.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 22 Apr. 2024
Previously, most enforcement could only be done by the state, and such stores were able to stay open while a lengthy appeals process played out.
—Maysoon Khan and Anthony Izaguirre, Quartz, 20 Apr. 2024
The efforts to ratchet down tensions between Israel and Iran played out as Israel’s war against Hamas, now in its sixth month, continued on Saturday with reports of a deadly assault in southern Gaza.
—Luis Ferré-Sadurní, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2024
What’s happening today is continuous, and playing out on a greater scale.
—Michael Kugelman, TIME, 19 Apr. 2024
The Iranian-Israeli conflict has played out mostly in the shadows of the Middle East’s larger wars.
—Afshon Ostovar, Foreign Affairs, 19 Apr. 2024
Boone Ashworth, WIRED, 26 Apr. 2024
And the fallout from the company’s relationship with the musician continues to play out uncomfortably and under the harsh gaze of public scrutiny.
—Lila MacLellan, Fortune, 26 Apr. 2024
How does that resistance to change play out in their dynamics with the other women in their social circle?
—Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Apr. 2024
Trending In many ways, the Kendrick beef is playing out in Drake’s favor online.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 22 Apr. 2024
Previously, most enforcement could only be done by the state, and such stores were able to stay open while a lengthy appeals process played out.
—Maysoon Khan and Anthony Izaguirre, Quartz, 20 Apr. 2024
The efforts to ratchet down tensions between Israel and Iran played out as Israel’s war against Hamas, now in its sixth month, continued on Saturday with reports of a deadly assault in southern Gaza.
—Luis Ferré-Sadurní, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2024
What’s happening today is continuous, and playing out on a greater scale.
—Michael Kugelman, TIME, 19 Apr. 2024
The Iranian-Israeli conflict has played out mostly in the shadows of the Middle East’s larger wars.
—Afshon Ostovar, Foreign Affairs, 19 Apr. 2024
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“Play out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/play%20out. Accessed 30 Apr. 2024.
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