shakes out

present tense third-person singular of shake out
as in proves
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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  • These isolated incidents further proves how self-advocacy is increasingly becoming embraced in hip-hop.
    Sughnen Yongo, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
  • From Eartha Kitt’s original holiday travel classic to Kardashian’s reinterpretation, the clip proves that even the most festive songs can become cultural phenomena, a memorial cultural moment when reimagined through chaotic, bizarre, and a perfectly imperfect human lens.
    Jeetendr Sehdev, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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“Shakes out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shakes%20out. Accessed 1 May. 2025.

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