borne out

variants also born out
past participle of bear out

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of borne out And this team, the Red Pocket Mobiles, was born out of necessity. Sam Blum, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026 The idea of raising John to be the next Green Lantern is largely born out of his father’s trauma. Matt Minton, Variety, 31 Aug. 2026 The festival, hosted by Olivia Rodrigo at the Great Park, was a spiritual successor to Sarah McLachlan’s Lilith Fair of the late ‘90s, born out of frustration with promoters and radio stations that refused to play two female artists in a row. Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026 Now, as predictions go, this is a pretty safe one, but it’s really been borne out in recent months. Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2026 The idea was born out of a need for fresh milk as many Rwandans moved to the city from rural areas in the past decade and lost their easy access to dairy cows. Fatma Tanis, NPR, 27 Aug. 2026 But the chemical composition of Shingrix might explain its salutary effects on dementia and heart disease, if borne out by randomized clinical trials designed to generate stronger evidence of cause and effect. Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 26 Aug. 2026 The company was born out of a desire to expand the availability of Asian cinema in North America, but also to broaden the horizon of what could be distributed on home video and in cinemas. José Salazar, IndieWire, 24 Aug. 2026 But the infrastructure investment did improve ComEd’s outage performance, as statistics have borne out. The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for borne out
Verb
  • The department later confirmed that the area was secure and that no further threat to the public remained.
    Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Neither club had announced the deal as of early Wednesday afternoon, but multiple sources confirmed to the Miami Herald that the trade was done and Allen was headed to Chicago.
    Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • At the airport, passengers must first have their identity verified with a REAL ID, often using facial recognition technology.
    Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Formally verified by the European Solar Test Installation (ESTI), this benchmark shows the technical progress in scaling up high-efficiency thin-film architectures beyond sub-centimeter laboratory devices.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2026

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“Borne out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/borne%20out. Accessed 6 Sep. 2026.

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