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fanned (out)

verb

past tense of fan (out)
1
as in expanded
to arrange the parts of (something) over a wider area the accordionist smoothly fanned out the bellows of his instrument as he played

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2
as in radiated
to extend outwards from or as if from a central point most of the city's subway lines fan out from this central station

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fanned (out)
  1. expanded
  2. radiated
  3. extended
  4. derived
  5. opened
  6. branched
  7. unfolded
Verb
  • More Great Living Stories From Vogue The Vogue Runway app has expanded!
    — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 6 Sep. 2026
  • The survey found that voters favored a generic Democratic candidate for Congress over a Republican 46% to 40%, but the Democratic advantage expanded to 11 points among those who definitely plan to vote.
    — Zac Anderson, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of expanded
Verb
  • Joyful noise and other, impolite sounds radiated from the sets oscillating between the two sites.
    — Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Feliciano and Jones radiated energy and exuberance throughout their first press conference as the principal owners of the Padres.
    — Dennis Lin, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of radiated
Verb
  • The report highlights that even as fiber lines are extended into rural areas and billions of federal and state dollars are deployed, affordability and access remain insurmountable barriers for many families.
    — Erin Mote, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Odds of a hike on Wednesday's meeting extended to above 91 percent by midday as equity prices firmed.
    — Oliver Renick, CNBC, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of extended
Verb
  • Her compositions aim to depict a feeling rather than something tangible, with a driving force derived from Surrealism and fueled by imagination and a passion for creation.
    — Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 18 Sep. 2026
  • But conventional carbon fiber production depends heavily on PAN, a synthetic polymer derived from petroleum.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of derived
Verb
  • So So Fed opened for Sunday dinner — and nobody had assembled the siu mai dumplings.
    — Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Innovative methodologies, including demography and quantitative analysis, folklore, material culture, oral history, and family reconstitution opened new windows into the past.
    — Drew Gilpin Faust, The New York Review of Books, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of opened
Verb
  • Just east of the creek – which was crossed by a stone bridge built in 1896 – Monticello's main street branched north from the highway near Gunn Ranch.
    — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Swooping in Xtracycle got its start providing cargo trailers for mountain bikes and then branched into dedicated cargo bikes.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of branched
Verb
  • When Hunt ran against Cornyn and Paxton in the Texas Republican Senate race, the contest grew increasingly bitter as the primary unfolded.
    — Lauren Morganbesser, semafor.com, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Perez Hilton’s family is clearing up some false reports tied to the blogger’s recovery from a self-harm incident that unfolded on TikTok last month.
    — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of unfolded
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“Fanned (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fanned%20%28out%29. Accessed 20 Sep. 2026.

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