came out

past tense of come out

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of came out In a scoreless game in the bottom of the seventh, Didier Fuentes came out of the Braves’ bullpen and worked around a two-out single to keep the game tied. Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 8 Aug. 2026 Counsell and head trainer Nick Frangella quickly came out to check on Gausman, who walked it off and threw a couple of test pitches before staying in. Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2026 Roughly $2 trillion came out of software stocks between January and April in a stretch analysts named the SaaSpocalypse. Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026 And then one at a time everyone came out and put a $100 on my desk. Wendy Naugle, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026 Dries Van Noten just came out with a new print for its refillable lipstick case called Tiger Ink. Gina Vaynshteyn, StyleCaster, 31 July 2026 When the news of Platner’s Nazi tattoo came out, Jackson stood with Platner. Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 31 July 2026 Cameron came out of the bullpen for the first time in his career. Kansas City Star, 25 July 2026 The committee’s first vote, on BPC-157, came out in favor of widening access to the peptide. Maggie Ryan, Flow Space, 24 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for came out
Verb
  • Still energy proved infectious, with the dugout jumping up and down while greeting him with a line of high-fives.
    Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The Front Range and mountains nearby once again proved the most popular places to hike 14ers with 152,400 hiker-use days (59%) spent on the 12 peaks closest to the metro area.
    Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 5 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Ahmad Abdul Karim, one of the survivors, said the fire appeared to have started from a truck on the lower vehicle deck.
    ABC News, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Three of the band’s six hits have also appeared on the Billboard Global 200.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Smoke higher in the atmosphere will also spread farther east into the Northern Plains and Midwest.
    Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Thursday’s best performances spread the entire field, with six different men leading the six individual apparatus races.
    Caroline Price, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • However, the forward could not replicate that form for the French club, and subsequently fell out of favour under Luis Enrique.
    Leon Imber, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Somebody fell out of love — a complaint sired this inspection.
    David J. Neal July 31, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026
Verb
  • As the child of documentary filmmakers, my youth unfolded inside UN compounds across several African countries.
    Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Police released Friday new surveillance video of the mass shooting at an In-N-Out in Twin Falls, Idaho, showing the clearest account yet of the horrific scene that unfolded last weekend.
    Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 7 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • As news of his death circulated online, celebrities and fans alike mourned Pastore’s loss on social media.
    Julian Roberts-Grmela, New York Daily News, 1 Aug. 2026
  • In New Jersey, Uber lobbyists have circulated legislation that would require human drivers to carry out 85% of all rideshare work on all platforms offering robotaxi services over the next three years.
    Paxton Honerkamp, CNBC, 1 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Nature evolved swarm intelligence in species like bees and fish.
    Big Think, Big Think, 6 Aug. 2026
  • As the race has evolved, so have the security measures required to put more than 1,600 runners onto the airfield of one of the nation’s busiest airports.
    Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 5 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Google researcher Craig Gidney showed in May 2025 that breaking RSA-2048 might take fewer than a million qubits, a twentyfold cut from his own 2019 figure.
    Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Videos on Iranian social media showed many women at the cafes flouting mandatory veiling laws, and crowds mixing freely.
    ABC News, ABC News, 2 Aug. 2026

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“Came out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/came%20out. Accessed 9 Aug. 2026.

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