PLAY OUT Synonyms: 63 Similar and Opposite Words

play out

verb

Definition of play out next

as in to spend

to make complete use of we've finally played out the leftovers from that huge holiday meal

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Recent Examples of play out Elon Musk arrived in Beijing on Wednesday, as his $150 billion civil lawsuit against OpenAI CEO Sam Altman played out in a California courtroom. —

Jacob Rosen, CBS News, 14 May 2026 As the adrenaline levels rose on Monday and Tuesday, and the familiar choreography of another British political crisis began to play out—ministerial resignations, spiky statements on X—the collateral damage that Starmer had warned against started to encroach, once again, upon the scene. —

Sam Knight, New Yorker, 14 May 2026 Fans of Pawlikowski’s style will feel coldly, cozily at home in how their emotionally stingy relationship plays out. —

Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 14 May 2026 Here’s a look, week-by-week, at the 49ers’ schedule, followed by a few (not-so-bold) predictions of how the 2026 regular season might play out for San Francisco. —

Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 14 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for play out

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The neighborhood It’d be easy to spend a week around Nay Palad’s beachfront area, alternating between dips in the pool, reading books in a hammock, and tours around the gin-clear water in a see-through kayak—but on-the-up Siargao is well worth exploring.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 May 2026
What this narrative neglects are all the ways treatment might cause terrible side effects, or the long period one spends being sick, and how one’s identity may have changed in the interim.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 May 2026