shaken out

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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shaken out
Verb
  • As Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's politics have evolved — from combative outsider to pragmatic establishment leader — so, too, has her fashion sensibility.
    ABC News, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026
  • The results show that evolved stars like IRS 3 can still produce dust and other materials important for the creation of future stars – even under the harsh conditions near a supermassive black hole.
    CBS News, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
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  • And there were so many other great things that came out and continue.
    Darrielle Fair, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026
  • But the mood coming out of Monday’s meeting was that a 20-team model will not be taken seriously.
    Chris Vannini, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • While the pole may have fallen out of nowhere, there were warning signs that Rosentreter and others say were ignored.
    Tara Molina, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
  • And only once, in four seasons with Riley, has USC fallen out of the top seven nationally in that efficiency rate.
    Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Big Bend National Park, Texas — The towering cliffs, jagged mountain tops, and punishing desert climate of the Big Bend region in Texas have long proved to be the best barrier the United States could have with Mexico.
    Ashley Killough, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Medicare audits agencies to check for fraud and demands repayment of funds provided for care of patients its auditors deem have not proved to be terminal.
    Kim Clark, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • His company depended on a third-party tool to connect its data infrastructure, and the deciding problem turned out not to be the price.
    Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
  • That singular crossing is, in microcosm, the story of how SpaceX’s most telegraphed selling event turned out to be far less dramatic—and even more positive—than the buildup suggested.
    Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • As the child of documentary filmmakers, my youth unfolded inside UN compounds across several African countries.
    Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Police released Friday new surveillance video of the mass shooting at an In-N-Out in Twin Falls, Idaho, showing the clearest account yet of the horrific scene that unfolded last weekend.
    Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 7 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Several of his Hollywood projects in recent years haven’t panned out or remain in development hell.
    Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Williams said that investigators have pursued a few leads over the years but that none of them has panned out.
    Francie Ebert, NBC news, 12 Aug. 2026

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“Shaken out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shaken%20out. Accessed 14 Aug. 2026.

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