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as in proved
to come to be
in the end everything came out OK
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2
as in appeared
to come into view
come out, come out wherever you are!
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as in spread
to become known
when the truth came out about the state of the company's finances, several top executives lost their jobs
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Recent Examples of came out
The 44-year-old quarterback, who came out of retirement last month and started three games with the Indianapolis Colts, interviewed with the Bills on Friday.
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Arkansas Online, 27 Jan. 2026
His prototype, which came out with the 20th anniversary, showed that controller support was possible.
—David Jagneaux, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
Jalen Green came out after feeling pain in his second game back after missing 33 with a hamstring strain.
—CBS News, 26 Jan. 2026
The boo birds came out in the third quarter as a third straight series ended in a punt.
—Cam Inman, Mercury News, 12 Jan. 2026
Storrie came out on stage at the 2026 ceremony in Los Angeles with costar Hudson Williams to present the award for Best Supporting TV Actress, which Adolescence actress Erin Doherty won.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Jan. 2026
Volunteers who came out this weekend were measured and photographed.
—Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 12 Jan. 2026
Vrabel came out of that one a little bloodied up, as well.
—Steve Buckley, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2026
Among the teams that came out on top before Sunday night’s matchup between the Chargers and the Pittsburgh Steelers were the Ravens and Lions.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 10 Nov. 2025
Arkansas Online, 27 Jan. 2026
His prototype, which came out with the 20th anniversary, showed that controller support was possible.
—David Jagneaux, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
Jalen Green came out after feeling pain in his second game back after missing 33 with a hamstring strain.
—CBS News, 26 Jan. 2026
The boo birds came out in the third quarter as a third straight series ended in a punt.
—Cam Inman, Mercury News, 12 Jan. 2026
Storrie came out on stage at the 2026 ceremony in Los Angeles with costar Hudson Williams to present the award for Best Supporting TV Actress, which Adolescence actress Erin Doherty won.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Jan. 2026
Volunteers who came out this weekend were measured and photographed.
—Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 12 Jan. 2026
Vrabel came out of that one a little bloodied up, as well.
—Steve Buckley, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2026
Among the teams that came out on top before Sunday night’s matchup between the Chargers and the Pittsburgh Steelers were the Ravens and Lions.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 10 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for came out
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The Magna Reserva succeeded yet proved part of a policy that ensured the vast majority of Venezuela’s resource would remain exactly where Chávez found it—trapped in the heavy silence of the subsurface.—
Scott Montgomery,
Forbes.com,
25 Jan. 2026
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Prosecutors are confident the investigation proved the other men in Debe's life, including Jeff Freeburg, were not involved in her murder.—
Sarah Prior,
CBS News,
25 Jan. 2026
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Researchers said some images appeared to include children.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
27 Jan. 2026
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Pretti was being held on the ground when an officer appeared to remove a gun from Pretti's waistband just moments before another agent fired the first shot.—
Joe Walsh,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Almost immediately after oversight of TikTok’s US operations changed, misinformation started to spread about changes to the app’s new terms of service, including those that applied to location sharing and data collection, Fiesler said.—
Scottie Andrew,
CNN Money,
27 Jan. 2026
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Families who never qualified say their costs are rising, too, as insurers spread the increases across the entire market.—
Mahsa Saeidi,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Minott fell out of head coach Joe Mazzulla’s rotation in late December, logging just three garbage-time minutes over six games before his injury.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
21 Jan. 2026
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But nothing gold can stay, and sometime between my 10th and 20th birthdays, Uggs fell out of style.—
Annie Blackman,
InStyle,
15 Jan. 2026
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As the night unfolded, the atmosphere shifted from elegant to electric.—
Michelle Edgar,
Daily News,
27 Jan. 2026
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This is exactly how Minnesota’s Feeding Our Future scandal unfolded.—
Jennifer Nassour,
Boston Herald,
27 Jan. 2026
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The dramatic sequence unfolded Wednesday afternoon near Notre Dame Avenue and West Julian Street, in the shadow of Highway 87, and drew widespread attention after videos circulated showing the suspect on the ground and being struck by a trailing police vehicle as gunshots rang out.—
Robert Salonga,
Mercury News,
23 Jan. 2026
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The Sinaloa Attorney General’s Office has circulated a missing persons bulletin, saying that Pardo was last seen on January 20 in the Isla Musalá neighborhood of Culiacán, the capital of Sinaloa in northwestern Mexico.—
Rocío Muñoz-Ledo,
CNN Money,
23 Jan. 2026
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As baseball has evolved starting pitchers have seen their usage rate drop, meaning nobody is ever going to post the gaudy totals seen throughout the 20th century.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
25 Jan. 2026
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The luxury travel landscape has evolved.—
Daniel Scheffler,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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Cellphone data showed Fuentes was at the crash site, immediately went home and then returned in a different car within 20 minutes, the affidavit said.—
Sofia Saric,
Miami Herald,
9 Jan. 2026
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Videos of the shooting in Minnesota showed federal agents approaching Good’s SUV stopped in the middle of a neighborhood street.—
Emily Holshouser,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Jan. 2026
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“Came out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/came%20out. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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