as in proved
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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 shook out
And Desmond Bane finally shook out of a shooting funk and hit seven 3s for the Magic.
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John Niyo, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Apr. 2026
Police shook out his clothing and found a single rifle casing.
—Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 16 Mar. 2026
Here's how the voting shook out.
—New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026
Here’s how The Post’s initial mock draft shook out.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 18 Feb. 2026
Neither Nielsen nor NBCUniversal is offering a breakdown of how the audience shook out between NBC and Peacock, though clearly the vast majority of those viewers watched on the broadcast network.
—Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 13 Feb. 2026
In the center of Good’s memorial, a man gingerly brushed snow from cardboard signs, shook out bouquets of flowers and wiped off teddy bears.
—Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2026
Read below to see how the rest of the games shook out.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 15 Dec. 2025
But the way the CIF-SS rankings shook out, Tesoro was the top team in the Division 3 pool but was aced out of the playoffs because like other divisions Division 3 could not have an at-large team at the top.
—Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 23 Oct. 2025
John Niyo, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Apr. 2026
Police shook out his clothing and found a single rifle casing.
—Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 16 Mar. 2026
Here's how the voting shook out.
—New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026
Here’s how The Post’s initial mock draft shook out.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 18 Feb. 2026
Neither Nielsen nor NBCUniversal is offering a breakdown of how the audience shook out between NBC and Peacock, though clearly the vast majority of those viewers watched on the broadcast network.
—Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 13 Feb. 2026
In the center of Good’s memorial, a man gingerly brushed snow from cardboard signs, shook out bouquets of flowers and wiped off teddy bears.
—Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2026
Read below to see how the rest of the games shook out.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 15 Dec. 2025
But the way the CIF-SS rankings shook out, Tesoro was the top team in the Division 3 pool but was aced out of the playoffs because like other divisions Division 3 could not have an at-large team at the top.
—Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 23 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shook out
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Instead, Hargitay proved that Adidas Sambas are still a celeb favorite for a reason, opting for classic white sneakers with electric blue stripes for an effortlessly cool finishing touch.—
Emily Tannenbaum,
Glamour,
30 May 2026
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Scientists have studied this effect for years in tiny quantum systems, but controlling it in larger materials has proved much harder.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
30 May 2026
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Anyone who’s been reading the news in the past few decades knows that Berezovsky is no fictional character but a real-life Russian oligarch who fell out with Vladimir Putin and then was found dead, in Berkshire, in 2013, ostensibly from suicide.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
13 May 2026
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Five years ago, the bottom fell out of sepsis prediction software.—
Katie Palmer,
STAT,
12 May 2026
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Boys volleyball has evolved into such a power game that service errors are often seen as palatable as long as a team offsets the errors with a decent amount of aces.—
Tim Meehan,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 May 2026
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The exhibit gives visitors a behind-the-scenes look at how our monetary system evolved and works today, with nearly 400 rare coins and other artifacts.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
29 May 2026
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