Thesaurus results for SHAKEN OUT

shaken out

verb

past participle of shake out

as in evolved

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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Recent Examples of shaken out To be fair, not everyone in Palo Alto is happy with how things have shaken out. — Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 9 June 2026 Price moved sideways to down while the trend held, momentum reset, and weak hands got shaken out. — Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 13 Apr. 2026 The path to the Cup plays a massive role in odds and the way the East has shaken out has become a huge advantage for the Lightning. — Dom Luszczyszyn, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2026 Clothes that get tangled during their cycle usually ends up requiring extra drying time, so having this fabric shaken out can promote quicker sessions since air is allowed to disperse evenly (which also helps with the wrinkles). — Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 13 Feb. 2026 Or the fact that my beach towel would never go more than a few minutes unattended before it was neatly refolded, the sand shaken out by a pair of seemingly invisible hands. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Jan. 2026

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Verb

What began in 2017 as a record label and music publishing company that represents some of the hottest names in rap, like Sheck Wes and Don Toliver, has evolved into a veritable ecosystem around Scott’s artistic and commercial endeavors.

— Angelique Jackson, Variety, 22 July 2026
And just as mobile phone use evolved in Africa in different ways from other parts of the world, spawning earlier and more prolific adoption of digital payments, AI use and deployment will differ.

— Alexis Akwagyiram, semafor.com, 22 July 2026

Definition of evolved

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Arguably the biggest name in the National Women’s Soccer League came to Centreville Bank Stadium on Sunday night and made sure the Washington Spirit came out with a win over the Boston Legacy.

— Greg Dudek, Boston Herald, 20 July 2026
In a return to his early journalistic stomping ground, the exploration of American history came out this year to coincide with the 250th anniversary of the American Declaration of Independence.

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 20 July 2026

Definition of come out

Verb

And that historically had a sort of origin in the Drake equation, which might have fallen out of favor, but really structured the conversation for a long time.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 9 July 2026
The answer begins with understanding what has fallen out of alignment.

— Sherry McAllister, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026

Definition of fallen out

Verb

His goal proved especially important when Minnesota’s Devin Padelford was left unmarked on a set piece and scored on a header in the 75th minute.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 23 July 2026
More than anything else, that team proved what a romantic optimist Keegan was, to dream of playing football like that in the second tier, and to be brave enough to deliver it, telling his players to go out and entertain the fans.

— James Pearce, New York Times, 22 July 2026

Definition of proved

Verb

Much has once again been made of that famous 2007 photoshoot in which Messi was pictured bathing a young child, which turned out to be Yamal.

— Ben Church, CNN Money, 19 July 2026
That turned out to be wrong for a meaningful minority of them, whose brains were generating signals our methods were not sensitive enough to pick up.

— Torie Bosch, STAT, 18 July 2026

Definition of turned out

Verb

While the film dramatizes their journey, the events behind it unfolded over nearly a decade and became one of the most significant legal battles involving civilian search-and-rescue operations in the Mediterranean.

— Isabella Wandermurem, Time, 17 July 2026
If Tuchel seriously has no regrets about how the semi-final unfolded, and there is a risk of a similar mistake again, that does not bode well.

— The Athletic UK Staff, New York Times, 16 July 2026

Definition of unfolded

Verb

That is not how things panned out in Spain’s 2-0 victory over France, in a fascinating contest that saw few instances of individual brilliance.

— Mark Carey, New York Times, 15 July 2026
Here’s what else to know about the two-day draft and how recent Sox and Cubs draft picks have panned out.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2026

Definition of panned out

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