Thesaurus results for SHAKEN OUT

shaken out

verb

Definition of shaken out next

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 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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McGregor won the first match with Holloway, long before either evolved into champions, after suffering a torn ACL early in the bout but outwrestling Holloway for the win.

— Mark Puleo, New York Times, 17 May 2026
The researchers also say future studies could investigate whether limb preferences in animals such as parrots or kangaroos evolved through similar evolutionary pressures, potentially revealing that handedness-like behavior emerged independently across different branches of the animal kingdom.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 16 May 2026