PANNING OUT Synonyms: 60 Similar and Opposite Words

panning out

verb

Definition of panning out next

present participle of pan out

as in proving

to come to be the eagerly anticipated kayaking trip never panned out

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as in succeeding

to turn out as planned or desired the investment scheme didn't quite pan out

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Recent Examples of panning out Alphabet, too, was left for dead by the Street on fears that management wasn't executing and the company's AI strategy wasn't panning out to the point the were being overtaken by others. —

Zev Fima, CNBC, 23 Mar. 2026 The Guthrie family is aware that the investigation might need to be transitioned and has been briefed on the fact that certain leads have not been panning out, the sources said. —

Luke Barr, ABC News, 20 Feb. 2026 That is panning out with Knowles and Fanendo Adi, who will take over for Jeremy Hall as head coach of the Loons’ developmental team, MNUFC2. —

Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 13 Jan. 2026 Vrána not panning out hurt the Mantha return some, and many of the second-rounders Detroit acquired didn’t materialize either. —

Max Bultman, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2026 Thanks to partisan gerrymandering, once-competitive districts have now become easy targets that fundamentally prevent a truly massive seat haul from actually panning out. —

Washington Post, 6 Jan. 2026 Earlier forecasts of high temperatures dropping into the 80s in the Dallas area weren't panning out, the weather service there said. —

Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2025 Staffers at the restaurants told the Post the main sanctuary is vacant, a hint that the idea proposed in 2023 to put in a 320-seat, bi-level theater is not panning out. —

Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 11 Aug. 2025

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Kelli then meets with Shamea and Angela for a shopping trip and vents about Porsha’s accusations, proving that the hug between them absolved absolutely nothing.

— Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 13 Apr. 2026
Backed by long-term capital, strategic foresight, and $6 trillion in sovereign assets, the foundation is proving remarkably fireproof.

— Winston Ma, semafor.com, 13 Apr. 2026