as in to straighten (up)
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turn out
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When calculating the costs—tickets, travel, accommodations, meals—our cheapest option turned out to be Lisbon, Portugal.—
Lindsay A. Fleming,
Time,
15 Aug. 2025 -
This turned out to be a total hoax, but the effort to demonize the patriotic Americans tasked with securing our border had already taken root.—
Riley Moore,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Aug. 2025
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“Clean (off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clean%20%28off%29. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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