TURNED OUT Synonyms: 148 Similar and Opposite Words

turned out

verb

past tense of turn out

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 Since March, of the 81 people his team had interviewed for their latest study in San Diego, eight of them turned out to have active syphilis. — Eric Boodman, STAT, 31 July 2026 Grande claims the highest debut in America during what has turned out to be a relatively quiet frame for new albums. — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026 What was first reported as a small earthquake in Gwinnett County turned out to be something else. — Christopher Harris, CBS News, 31 July 2026 The cannonballs turned out not to be live explosives, TSA said. — Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 31 July 2026 There were also two other injury scares in practice that turned out to simply be blips in the workout. — Charlotte Observer, 29 July 2026 Throngs turned out to see legendary horses like Seabiscuit, Man o’ War and Secretariat, who were well-known even to non-racing fans. — Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 25 July 2026 Talk shows turned out to be the place to flex watches this week. — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 25 July 2026 Much has once again been made of that famous 2007 photoshoot in which Messi was pictured bathing a young child, which turned out to be Yamal. — Ben Church, CNN Money, 19 July 2026

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In September 2020, when Covid vaccines were still a few months from being rolled out, Paul argued during a Senate hearing that New York — badly hit early in the pandemic — had achieved herd immunity.

— Helen Branswell, STAT, 28 July 2026
As Chinese companies have rushed to develop AI models and hardware that can rival that of the US, the government has also carefully rolled out incremental measures to maintain social stability.

— Stephanie Yang, CNN Money, 23 July 2026

Definition of rolled out

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But that conviction was dismissed after the revelation that a juror in the trial had not disclosed a domestic violence incident in her own background in order to win a seat on the panel, The Denver Post reports.

— Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 1 Aug. 2026
Defense attorneys also should not be able to reference the felony charges dismissed after video showed agents’ falsehoods.

— Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of dismissed

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What ultimately proved effective at stopping this was not necessarily the convergence of technology and lessons learned, but a proactive rather than reactive strategy towards stopping intrusions.

— Zita Ballinger Fletcher, Forbes.com, 30 July 2026
Trump’s endorsement proved pivotal for Masterson, securing his status as the presumptive front-runner in the primary race.

— Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 30 July 2026

Definition of proved

Verb

The employee fell out of the moving train's door and was injured.

— ABC News, ABC News, 21 July 2026
The Lynx used the savings on what Howard makes relative to her production to sign another starting-level forward in Coffey, who fell out of the rotation with the Atlanta Dream.

— Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 21 July 2026

Definition of fell out

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Lesnar kicked out and hit Oba with three consecutive F5s, two of which Oba immediately got up from.

— Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
Deputy District Attorney Beth Silverman came over to comfort the mother, Mercedes Martinez, and the couple got up and left the courtroom.

— Andrew Dalton, Chicago Tribune, 25 July 2026