shake out 1 of 2

as in to prove
to come to be after hearing about all the elaborate planning, I can't wait to see how that wedding shakes out

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shakeout

2 of 2

noun

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Next week’s results from five of the Magnificent Seven companies — Alphabet , Amazon , Apple , Meta Platforms and Microsoft — could keep the party going or hurt equities in a big way, depending how profits from the market’s most dominant companies shake out. Sarah Min, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2025 But the way the CIF-SS rankings shook out, Tesoro was the top team in the Division 3 pool but was aced out of the playoffs because like other divisions Division 3 could not have an at-large team at the top. Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 23 Oct. 2025
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But while fans eagerly await the leaderboard's final shakeout, one name has already slipped from contention: Robert MacIntyre. Devlina Sarkar, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Sep. 2025 All-Terrain Testing My first run in the shoe was a short 5k shakeout on the roads around downtown Chamonix. Will Porter, Outside, 13 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for shake out
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  • Few people have mastered the art of quietly luxurious style as well as Gwyneth Paltrow, and a quick scroll through her Instagram page proves it.
    Melony Forcier, PEOPLE, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Regulating sports wagering has proven to be a challenge — and experts warn about the ramifications for gamblers who typically lose money.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Your comfort zone is getting a shake-up, Virgo.
    Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Michigan’s $3 billion recreational marijuana market — one of the nation’s largest — is on the verge of its biggest shake-up yet.
    Adrienne Roberts, Freep.com, 29 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • When told about Harvey's comments, Knight mocked her younger teammate for letting her phone fall out of her pocket while on the ice during a Women's World Cup game in April.
    Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Gagnon's was the second trade proposal authored by a major outlet Wednesday, in which the Raiders receive incoming draft compensation as part of the acquisition of a quarterback with once high expectations who has fallen out of favor with his current organization.
    Max Dible, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • What To Know Trump, in a post on his Truth Social page, said he had been repeatedly asked on his tour of Asia this week about the government shutdown.
    Robert Birsel, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
  • The expiration of the enhanced premium subsidies for Affordable Care Act coverage is at the crux of the Congressional stalemate to fund the federal government and end the shutdown.
    Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 31 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Based on the ending of Killer of Killers, the closing credits of Prey didn’t go well for Naru (Amber Midthunder).
    Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 4 Nov. 2025
  • McCarthy left the company with the closing of the Skydance-Paramount deal.
    Todd Spangler, Variety, 4 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • According to Wendy, if GSFC leadership is using the smaller workforce to justify the downsizing, the numbers don't add up.
    Josh Dinner, Space.com, 31 Oct. 2025
  • But the sheer scope and scale of the downsizing at Paramount are a sad state of affairs.
    James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 31 Oct. 2025

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“Shake out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shake%20out. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.

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