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as in rolled out
to leave one's bed
we turn out early on workdays
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as in cleaned
to remove the dirt from
it's our practice to turn out the room after guests stay over
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as in dismissed
to drive or force out
angrily turned their adult son out of their home for using drugs
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as in proved
to come to be
everything will turn out fine in the end
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Recent Examples of turned out
In a separate Leadership IQ study of 32,410 employees, the optimal amount of time with the boss turned out to be about six hours a week, the point where people were most inspired, engaged, and motivated.
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Mark Murphy, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
By the way, the dragon turned out to be a small Nile crocodile, which may have escaped from a merchant ship.
—Norma Meyer, Oc Register, 27 May 2026
That turned out nearly as bad for Cleveland as the Knicks put its defense into a blender and created open 3s.
—Mike Vorkunov, New York Times, 21 May 2026
Those concerns turned out to be unfounded.
—Jordi Lippe-McGraw, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 May 2026
Chkhikvishvili, a citizen of the nation of Georgia, was busted in July 2024 for trying to recruit someone, who turned out to be an undercover fed, into taking part in murder, bombing and arson plots.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 13 May 2026
The pair of town hall meetings hosted by law firms operating under the name PFAS Georgia turned out nearly 1,000 people and served as an informal campaign stop for about a dozen political candidates — a nod to the grassroots outrage over the topic.
—Dylan Jackson, ABC News, 6 May 2026
The move turned out to be a watershed moment for Mansoori, who caught the bug.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 May 2026
What once looked like a misadventure turned out to be a pivotal chapter in the story Pichai began telling a decade earlier.
—Sam Jacobs, Time, 6 May 2026
Mark Murphy, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
By the way, the dragon turned out to be a small Nile crocodile, which may have escaped from a merchant ship.
—Norma Meyer, Oc Register, 27 May 2026
That turned out nearly as bad for Cleveland as the Knicks put its defense into a blender and created open 3s.
—Mike Vorkunov, New York Times, 21 May 2026
Those concerns turned out to be unfounded.
—Jordi Lippe-McGraw, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 May 2026
Chkhikvishvili, a citizen of the nation of Georgia, was busted in July 2024 for trying to recruit someone, who turned out to be an undercover fed, into taking part in murder, bombing and arson plots.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 13 May 2026
The pair of town hall meetings hosted by law firms operating under the name PFAS Georgia turned out nearly 1,000 people and served as an informal campaign stop for about a dozen political candidates — a nod to the grassroots outrage over the topic.
—Dylan Jackson, ABC News, 6 May 2026
The move turned out to be a watershed moment for Mansoori, who caught the bug.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 May 2026
What once looked like a misadventure turned out to be a pivotal chapter in the story Pichai began telling a decade earlier.
—Sam Jacobs, Time, 6 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for turned out
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In April, Anthropic rolled out initial Mythos testing to 50 partners amid concerns over the model's advanced cybersecurity capabilities.—
Samantha Subin,
CNBC,
2 June 2026
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Fans will be able to buy tickets via the NJ Transit app, which rolled out a new feature on Monday which places World Cup tickets at the top of the page.—
Adam Crafton,
New York Times,
2 June 2026
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Before reopening, village staff collected multiple samples to check pool water quality, added chlorine to all pools, inspected all chemical distribution systems and the concession stand, and cleaned surfaces including guard stations, chairs, restrooms and locker rooms, the village said.—
Olivia Stevens,
Chicago Tribune,
1 June 2026
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These items are handled constantly (often by multiple different people) yet rarely cleaned.—
Caroline Lubinsky,
Martha Stewart,
1 June 2026
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Hassett dismissed Chapman's assessment, insisting that there is enough inventory.—
Ford McCracken,
ABC News,
31 May 2026
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When he’s dismissed from his SETI job, a huge cover-up ensues.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
31 May 2026
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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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The bitter, woke drumbeat is not working any more.—
Joe Battenfeld,
Boston Herald,
28 May 2026
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Taylor Sheridan completely rejects woke nonsense in his shows.—
David Hookstead OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
27 May 2026
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The driver was ejected, and the car came to rest against the front porch of a residence on the northeast corner of the intersection.—
Sofia Saric
May 27,
Miami Herald,
27 May 2026
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DeMar DeRozan, the Raptors’ leading scorer, widely respected across the league, was ejected for a flagrant foul on Cleveland’s Jordan Clarkson (another common link between then and now).—
Eric Koreen,
New York Times,
27 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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Imagine if Claudia got up crying when NeNe said her clit left her body?—
Ile-Ife Okantah,
Vulture,
25 May 2026
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Towns took a hard fall and banged his head and back on the floor, then got up and kept moving.—
C.J. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
5 May 2026
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“Turned out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turned%20out. Accessed 3 Jun. 2026.
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