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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Recent Examples of shakes out No matter how this shakes out, the Nets are the only team not expected to start a player with NBA experience at the position. Law Murray, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025 Depending on how this week shakes out, this could be the Dodgers’ worst division-winning team since 2008 (84-78). Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Sep. 2025 No matter how all this shakes out, OpenAI's demand for training large language models and inference — or running them to serve millions of customers — has translated into new customers and boosted overall cloud spending on Azure. Paulina Likos, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2025 Anime tends to be front-loaded at the box office, as eager fans flock to the earliest screenings possible, so how the rest of the weekend shakes out depends on Saturday holds. J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 13 Sep. 2025 As many fans have pointed out online, this marks brand-new territory for the franchise, which could come with many pros and cons depending on how everything shakes out. Kelsie Gibson, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2025 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. Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 7 Sep. 2025 Here’s how the IRS budget generally shakes out. Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
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  • Asymmetrical Ruched Midi Dress Polka dots are back in a big way, and this romantic midi dress proves why.
    Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Outside of having a superior arm, significantly more rushing yards and touchdowns (1,370 and 13 rushing touchdowns), and playing more games (84), there’s nothing quantifiable that proves Herbert’s the superior quarterback when compared to Tagovailoa.
    Omar Kelly October 10, Miami Herald, 10 Oct. 2025
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  • Lindell handles very ugly, difficult matchups and usually comes out on top, regardless of who he’s partnered with.
    Harman Dayal, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • But that ending reveal, which comes out of nowhere and leads us straight into the credits with no time to process it, will continue to spark debates for decades.
    Samantha Allen, Them., 7 Oct. 2025

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“Shakes out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shakes%20out. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.

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