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played out

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verb

past tense of play out

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Recent Examples of played out
Adjective
Diaz said these recent efforts, like the language in the SAVE America Act, have played out before. Nathan Lee, ABC News, 24 July 2026 To this day, betting on what team James chooses is not legal in Las Vegas, where the Nevada Gaming Control Board must give approval for any bet that isn’t played out on in an arena. Mark Selig, New York Times, 23 July 2026
Verb
Bernardino’s pickoff of Crow-Armstrong cost the Cubs a run with how the rest of the seventh played out. Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2026 First, this relationship has played out publicly during what were both Swift and Kelce’s most visible professional years. Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Money, 9 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for played out
Recent Examples of Synonyms for played out
Adjective
  • One way to discourage the habit would be to keep yourself from becoming overly tired.
    Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 30 July 2026
  • Many of those creators can no longer command the same fees from brands, and more often than not their followers are tired of the same old content.
    Rebecca Jennings, Vulture, 30 July 2026
Verb
  • Volkwine, lead foreman for Pivot Custom Skate Parks, a division of American Ramp Company, and his team have spent much of the last year helping to bring Idaho’s newest and biggest skate park to life.
    Noah Daly July 31, Idaho Statesman, 31 July 2026
  • Baresi is regarded as an AC Milan icon, having spent his entire 20-year career with the club, winning six Serie A titles and three top European trophies, and captaining the team for 15 seasons before retiring in 1997.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 31 July 2026
Adjective
  • If the District Court upholds the denial, your application is considered exhausted.
    Brian Sloan, CNBC, 21 July 2026
  • OpenAI moved ChatGPT Business agents to metered credits July 6, and Anthropic now bills agent workloads against credit pools that stop when exhausted.
    TerDawn DeBoe, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
Verb
  • The evidence primarily concerns coffee consumed in customary amounts (8-10 ounces).
    Robert Glatter, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
  • Butter and Margarine Findings presented at Nutrition 2023 showed that people who consumed more than half a tablespoon of olive oil a day had a 28% lower risk of dying from dementia than peers who rarely used it.
    Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 21 July 2026
Adjective
  • By late afternoon in the summer, the flowers are already tapped out, having used their energy for the day.
    Nicole Letts, Southern Living, 31 July 2026
  • For every compelling reason to believe the consumer is tapped out, there's an equally compelling reason to believe the opposite.
    Josh Brown,Sean Russo, CNBC, 2 July 2026
Verb
  • Still, these legal battles and the year of strikes drained the UMWA financially.
    Elijah TanAll, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 July 2026
  • The soil is just as dense, heavy, and poorly drained as ever.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 29 July 2026
Adjective
  • Homes and communities wiped out by the fires have still not been rebuilt.
    Britta Miller, The Washington Examiner, 1 Aug. 2026
  • In April, Jer Crane, the founder of software startup PocketOS, said a Cursor AI agent that the company was using in its own system wiped out its production database and backups in 9 seconds.
    Samantha Subin, CNBC, 1 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Graphics will reportedly be reduced, all of which could affect the quality of broadcasts.
    Maury Brown, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • After a two-month trial, Bowman instructed jurors to deliberate on second-degree murder and voluntary manslaughter charges — reduced from first-degree murder charges by prosecutors last week.
    Reeti Malhotra July 21, Sacbee.com, 22 July 2026

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“Played out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/played%20out. Accessed 2 Aug. 2026.

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