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Recent Examples of shakes out
Salt Lake City is a two-hour flight from Seattle and less than that from both Los Angeles and Las Vegas, where the Athletics will presumably be by the time all this shakes out.
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Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 7 Sep. 2025
Here’s how the IRS budget generally shakes out.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 7 Sep. 2025
Here’s how the IRS budget generally shakes out.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shakes out
Verb
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Kelly Dever is that rarest of exceptions that proves the rule.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
13 Sep. 2025
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Her strained relationship with her mother has little nuance, and the unsatisfying, abrupt ending that leaves the two still at odds proves curiously sour for an otherwise gentle movie.—
Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
13 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Watching or listening to a case unfold, and then feeling that relief when the truth comes out or justice is served.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
10 Sep. 2025
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The album is due in October, a month before yet another album Duterte produced comes out (this one is by Australian singer-songwriter Hatchie).—
Jonathan Bernstein,
Rolling Stone,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Shakes out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shakes%20out. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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