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 In court filings, the bank even argued that because the price of gold has risen since the scam, my father’s purchase turned out to be a good investment. — Ari Maas, New York Daily News, 11 July 2026 In France’s 2022 elections, 76% of voters in their 50s turned out to vote, compared to just 60% of voters aged 18-24. — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 11 July 2026 Approximately 10,000 Chicagoans turned out for her wake and funeral. — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2026 No residents turned out in favor of Escalona’s proposal, though a number showed up to speak out against it. — Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 10 July 2026 Well, there wasn’t a single drop, and the fights turned out to be among the greatest in history, an event for the ages. — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 4 July 2026 Oviedo residents turned out by the hundreds for the sunny afternoon of crowd-pleasing contests and down-home edibles at tiny booths lining a grassy lot next to the Meat World parking lot. — Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 July 2026 Nearly 80 percent of Americans believe the Founders would be disappointed with how the country has turned out. — Peter Wehner, The Atlantic, 4 July 2026 The latter turned out to be particularly in style as well as practical, especially on the smaller courts that offer little-to-no shade. — Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 3 July 2026

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Their control over that image and likeness got shakier Tuesday when Instagram’s parent company Meta rolled out Muse Image — a tool that lets people take publicly posted Instagram photos and use AI to generate new images from them.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
Here’s what to know about the impending deadline, and how to file a claim—including with a new option the IRS rolled out last week.

— Connor Greene, Time, 8 July 2026

Definition of rolled out

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Trash Cans Yes, garbage cans should be cleaned, but few people remember to add them to the chore list.

— Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 6 July 2026
Use pet-safe cleaners and skip harsh chemicals Dog toys cannot be cleaned with just any chemical, as some can be harmful to your pets’ health.

— Taneia Surles, USA Today, 6 July 2026

Definition of cleaned

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Jason Melara’s attorney, Andrew Stein, asked the two murder charges be dismissed, telling Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Curtis Rappe there was no evidence his client pointed a gun at Aguilar.

— Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026
In 2023, researchers at MIT and elsewhere proposed that the bright white chunks scattered throughout Roman concrete—known as lime clasts and long dismissed as evidence of incomplete mixing—could help explain the material’s self-healing properties.

— Sam Macdonald, Scientific American, 11 July 2026

Definition of dismissed

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For consumption, Temasek sees opportunities in spending on experiences over goods, and homegrown consumer brands that have proved innovation capabilities, over foreign brands.

— Anniek Bao, CNBC, 8 July 2026
The Belgian outlet Nieuwsblad reported that the opening has been postponed twice already, first in 2023 due to permit issues and the aftermath of the pandemic, and once more in 2025 when the deadline proved too tight.

— News Desk, Artforum, 8 July 2026

Definition of proved

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San Diego’s manager Craig Stammen and coach Ryan Goins were ejected three pitches into the game after arguing a check-swing call.

— Liana Handler Follow, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
Balogun, a star striker who has scored three goals so far in this year’s tournament, received a red card and was ejected from last week’s US game against Bosnia and Herzegovina for a foul against a defender.

— Yash Roy, Fortune, 5 July 2026

Definition of ejected

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Birdsong entered spring training fighting for a spot on the Opening Day roster, but fell out of the competition early due to poor performance.

— Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 3 July 2026
At Ukrainian universities, Russian studies fell out of favor after Moscow’s full-scale invasion in 2022.

— Howard LaFranchi, Christian Science Monitor, 27 June 2026

Definition of fell out

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The builder got up every morning long before dawn, left home to pick up his construction crew and then headed out to work on yet another house somewhere across the sprawl of Houston.

— Tim Sullivan, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026
About 30 minutes before landing, Lopez allegedly got up from his seat to use the restroom.

— Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 6 July 2026