fanned (out)

past tense of fan (out)

Example Sentences

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Verb
  • Founded in 1980, the company’s work with the federal government expanded significantly after 2018, completing more than $100 million in contracts since 2002, according to GovTribe.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The league then expanded its postseason bonus pool to $500,000 total in 2022.
    Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The sting from the loss radiated off of him during his postgame news conference.
    Dan Duggan, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
  • The woman was visibly trembling and radiated the metallic scent of tequila.
    Catherine Lacey, New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The first is that while most enterprises haven’t derived tangible advantages from adopting AI just yet, individuals have.
    Big Think, Big Think, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Researchers utilized ex vivo gut microbiome cultures derived from stool samples of five healthy volunteers.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 6 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The Great Beyond, and has also branched into writing with his novel Memoirs and Misinformation.
    Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 1 Oct. 2025
  • These species are believed to have branched around 11 million years ago and evolved in isolation due to geographic barriers, according to the study.
    Lauren Liebhaber September 17, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In response, Taipei has extended mandatory military service from four months to one year, boosted arms purchases from its top supplier, the United States, and modestly raised defense spending—measures that have met stiff resistance from opposition lawmakers.
    Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Mike Matheny’s contract was extended through 2020 at the end of the 2016 season, though he was fired in 2018.
    Katie Woo, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Over just eight months, department officials have opened a $500 million tap for charter schools, a huge outlay for an option that often draws children from traditional public schools.
    Megan O’Matz, ProPublica, 8 Oct. 2025
  • The 2-year-old appears to have gotten out into the backyard and opened a kennel where two Rottweilers were being kept, allowing the dogs to get out and attack him, the Valdosta Police Department said in a statement.
    Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The shutdown, which lasted for 21 days, unfolded because Clinton and Republicans disagreed over how to balance the nation’s budget.
    Chantelle Lee, Time, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Many of those films, which vary in quality, crossed my mind as After the Hunt’s two-hour-plus runtime unfolded — perhaps an indicator of its quality.
    Mathew Rodriguez, Them., 10 Oct. 2025
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“Fanned (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fanned%20%28out%29. Accessed 13 Oct. 2025.

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