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
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).
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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
But he’s been shaken out of his solipsistic reverie.
—A.o. Scott, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
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
But he’s been shaken out of his solipsistic reverie.
—A.o. Scott, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shaken out
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Perhaps Little Foot’s lineage was more closely related to East African hominins, while South African hominins evolved distinct facial features later on, the authors wrote in the study.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
7 Mar. 2026
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But somewhere in the past few years, that definition has evolved, and the importance of third spaces has blossomed.—
Laya Neelakandan,
CNBC,
7 Mar. 2026
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Led by Tiger Dawson and Romell Holmes, who each had 19 points, Career (11-12) came out trapping and pressing and the score was tied at 27 toward the end of the first half until Fieldhouse and Nicole hit back to back 3-pointers to give Ellington a 33-27 halftime lead.—
Lori Riley,
Hartford Courant,
11 Mar. 2026
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That win didn’t come out of nowhere.—
Brendan Keegan,
Rolling Stone,
11 Mar. 2026
Verb
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More research is needed, but scientists suggest that baby teeth that have fallen out could be collected at routine pediatrician or dentist visits and analyzed in specialized labs to identify children who might be at risk for mental health problems, possibly years before any symptoms appear.—
Sarah Lindenfeld Hall,
Popular Science,
11 Mar. 2026
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Such a restriction was one of the red lines over which Anthropic had reportedly fallen out with the Pentagon.—
Frank Landymore,
Futurism,
5 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Injuries proved even more devastating this season.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Mar. 2026
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Designing a space that worked with the natural terrain while meeting our family’s needs proved to be as steep a learning curve as our backyard hill itself.—
Katie Strasberg Rousso,
Southern Living,
7 Mar. 2026
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The Mountain West men’s basketball tournament was due for an upset, and Boise State turned out to be the sacrificial Bronco on Wednesday night.—
Idaho Statesman,
Idaho Statesman,
12 Mar. 2026
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But its history has turned out differently.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Mar. 2026
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Her book, out March 10, arrives after decades of rumors and tabloid headlines about a life that has unfolded almost entirely in public view, since the day she was born to Oscar winner Vincente Minnelli and Judy Garland, aka Dorothy Gale.—
Margaret Heidenry,
Vanity Fair,
10 Mar. 2026
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Putin has been a firm supporter of Iran as the conflict has unfolded.—
Mariam Khan,
ABC News,
10 Mar. 2026
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But her own real-estate investments haven’t always panned out.—
Kim Velsey,
Curbed,
11 Mar. 2026
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But for Dobson’s red card in second-half stoppage time, who knows how things may have panned out?—
Richard Sutcliffe,
New York Times,
7 Mar. 2026
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“Shaken out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shaken%20out. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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