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as in succeeds
to turn out as planned or desired
the investment scheme didn't quite pan out
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Recent Examples of pans out
Time will tell if this trade pans out well for the Packers in 2025, but if Parsons continues double-digit sacks, Green Bay will be a big problem this season.
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James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pans out
Verb
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Kelly Dever is that rarest of exceptions that proves the rule.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
13 Sep. 2025
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Her strained relationship with her mother has little nuance, and the unsatisfying, abrupt ending that leaves the two still at odds proves curiously sour for an otherwise gentle movie.—
Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
13 Sep. 2025
Verb
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If Klarna succeeds, its IPO will be remembered less as the float of a payments firm than as the first public test of a new financial operating model.—
Christer Holloman,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Charnvirakul, a construction magnate, succeeds Paetongtarn Shinawatra, a member of the powerful Shinawatra family who was suspended in July after a phone call with a former Cambodian leader was leaked.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
8 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Their simple plan goes awry when one of their relatives wants a posh Korean wedding banquet in the heartfelt romantic comedy.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
13 Sep. 2025
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Non-coffee drinkers can opt for the blueberry matcha latte, which goes beautifully with one of the oversized blueberry muffins.—
Lauren Dana Ellman,
Travel + Leisure,
12 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The 8,000-square-foot space Redtail works out of is enough to make around eight vans a year, and they already are booked through 2026.—
Max Scheinblum,
Denver Post,
12 Sep. 2025
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In 2023, the data gathering platform Statista estimated that 46% of all emails were spam, which works out to 160 billion emails sent each day.—
Johnny Dodd,
PEOPLE,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Pans out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pans%20out. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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