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as in proved
to come to be
in the end everything came out OK
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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
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.
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Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 10 Nov. 2025
The victim used his keys to get in and was driving away when the man who bought the truck came out and fired at the truck.
—Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Nov. 2025
The show jumped from the Seventies to the Nineties when 2023 inductee Missy Elliott came out to welcome Salt-N-Pepa as the first female hip-hop act in the Hall of Fame.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 9 Nov. 2025
In 2014, Crewson came out as gay.
—Katie Mannion, PEOPLE, 9 Nov. 2025
The long jam in ‘Fruit Bat’ came out of an idea from our drummer, who writes a lot of the music.
—Brett Milano, Boston Herald, 26 Oct. 2025
Barkley came out of the medical tent after being evaluated and promptly celebrated backup RB Tank Bigsby's 29-yard run.
—Michael Gallagher, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2025
Tabitha came out of Bennett’s, formerly Janet’s, bedroom.
—Sam Lipsyte, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2025
On defense, Michigan played without safeties Rod Moore and Brandyn Hillman, who dressed for the game but came out in street clothes after halftime.
—Austin Meek, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 10 Nov. 2025
The victim used his keys to get in and was driving away when the man who bought the truck came out and fired at the truck.
—Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Nov. 2025
The show jumped from the Seventies to the Nineties when 2023 inductee Missy Elliott came out to welcome Salt-N-Pepa as the first female hip-hop act in the Hall of Fame.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 9 Nov. 2025
In 2014, Crewson came out as gay.
—Katie Mannion, PEOPLE, 9 Nov. 2025
The long jam in ‘Fruit Bat’ came out of an idea from our drummer, who writes a lot of the music.
—Brett Milano, Boston Herald, 26 Oct. 2025
Barkley came out of the medical tent after being evaluated and promptly celebrated backup RB Tank Bigsby's 29-yard run.
—Michael Gallagher, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2025
Tabitha came out of Bennett’s, formerly Janet’s, bedroom.
—Sam Lipsyte, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2025
On defense, Michigan played without safeties Rod Moore and Brandyn Hillman, who dressed for the game but came out in street clothes after halftime.
—Austin Meek, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for came out
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The change has proved costly because Venezuela lost one of its few remaining sources of legitimate income.—
Stefano Pozzebon,
CNN Money,
11 Nov. 2025
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The combo of Barrs and Lee especially proved problematic for TCU as the two guards flourished in the mid-range with pull-up jumpers.—
Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
11 Nov. 2025
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Her nonfiction has appeared in The New York Times, The Nation, The Los Angeles Times and The New Yorker among others.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Nov. 2025
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Brents, 25, sustained a torn MCL and meniscus in last year’s season opener and appeared in just two games last season.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
9 Nov. 2025
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The shutdown’s ripple effects spread across nearly every part of the air travel network Friday, with the nation’s busiest airports hit hardest.—
Emma Tucker,
CNN Money,
8 Nov. 2025
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Controlling a fire means ensuring that the fire can't spread or cross the containment line.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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After some years of power-sharing, Khan fell out of favor with the military establishment and was ousted from office after a parliamentary no-confidence vote in April 2022.—
Rafia Zakaria,
Time,
6 Nov. 2025
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That trend accelerated with the Great Recession, when the bottom fell out of the industry.—
Scott Neuman,
NPR,
6 Nov. 2025
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And so many millions came to our live pages and live streams and channels as the event unfolded.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
7 Nov. 2025
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The vehicle reportedly sped into a shopping plaza, where the incident — captured on video — unfolded.—
Bonny Chu , Alexandra Koch,
FOXNews.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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Everything else was affected by its gravitational pull and drawn into the work of dilating it further—even the firms rumored to be at the farthest remove from the crudity, even negative emissions technologies and the market on which their credits circulated.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
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The President’s message, circulated among his 11 million followers and beyond, stood in direct defiance of a court order from last week.—
Callum Sutherland,
Time,
5 Nov. 2025
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The odd online friendship has since evolved into a recurring source of entertainment for followers—and this latest exchange only deepened that fascination.—
Alice Gibbs,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Nov. 2025
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The craft evolved through extensive and careful restoration into Sausalito’s most unique floating home.—
David Caraccio,
Sacbee.com,
10 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Granted, the sample size was very small, but Suzuki showed the team enough to trust in him moving forward.—
Drew VonScio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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Drone footage showed catastrophic flooding that turned streets into rivers, submerged homes and overturned cars as Typhoon Kalmaegi, known locally as Tino, dumped more than a month’s worth of rain in only 24 hours in some areas.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Came out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/came%20out. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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