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as in rolled out
to leave one's bed
we turn out early on workdays
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2
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
Confirming the identity of those fish turned out to be far more complicated than anyone anticipated.
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Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 25 Feb. 2026
According to Moderna, the FDA’s review of its flu application turned out to be anything but clear and transparent.
—Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2026
Some turned out to be extraordinary.
—Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 18 Feb. 2026
However, the dog turned out to be a good boy.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 18 Feb. 2026
People with lifelong musical anhedonia, which Weiss turned out to have, easily recognize music.
—Shayla Love, New Yorker, 11 Feb. 2026
The flying material turned out to be a party balloon, sources said.
—Jennifer Jacobs, CBS News, 11 Feb. 2026
This time around, the first half turned out to be war.
—Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 11 Feb. 2026
And the show itself hardly turned out to be bold in its presentation.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2026
Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 25 Feb. 2026
According to Moderna, the FDA’s review of its flu application turned out to be anything but clear and transparent.
—Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2026
Some turned out to be extraordinary.
—Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 18 Feb. 2026
However, the dog turned out to be a good boy.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 18 Feb. 2026
People with lifelong musical anhedonia, which Weiss turned out to have, easily recognize music.
—Shayla Love, New Yorker, 11 Feb. 2026
The flying material turned out to be a party balloon, sources said.
—Jennifer Jacobs, CBS News, 11 Feb. 2026
This time around, the first half turned out to be war.
—Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 11 Feb. 2026
And the show itself hardly turned out to be bold in its presentation.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for turned out
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Alegre added TelevisaUnivision is also getting deeper into microdramas, having launched 40 short vertical series in 2025 and anticipates another 100 micronovellas to be rolled out this year.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Feb. 2026
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CapMetro also rolled out tap-to-pay across its fleet this month, allowing customers to tap a card or phone to pay fares.—
Alex Driggars,
Austin American Statesman,
24 Feb. 2026
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Hummingbird feeders can be breeding grounds for bacteria if they’re not cleaned regularly.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
23 Feb. 2026
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The reusable packaging platform Loop, available in France, partners with major brands such as Nestle and Coca-Cola to distribute products in durable containers that are collected, cleaned and refilled for reuse.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
23 Feb. 2026
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Three years later, Gayheart legally dismissed the divorce before Dane made his diagnosis public.—
Kim Willis,
USA Today,
22 Feb. 2026
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That citation was dismissed in January, according to federal court records.—
Angie Leventis Lourgos,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Feb. 2026
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Unidos and the handful of other local groups training observers last year adopted tactics that proved effective elsewhere, including the use of whistles to alert neighborhood residents to the presence of ICE agents.—
Nick Woltman,
Twin Cities,
22 Feb. 2026
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More than 1450 days later, that timeframe looks hopelessly naïve and has proved to have been a fundamental miscalculation that has taken a devastating toll in pain, destruction and bloodshed.—
Matthew Chance,
CNN Money,
21 Feb. 2026
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And high in Gabriel Tower, Emma Curran woke from a troubled nap with a start.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 Feb. 2026
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The fear of having Amazon eat its lunch woke Walmart up.—
Diane Brady,
Fortune,
20 Feb. 2026
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And the only player sanctioned was TCU’s Malick Diallo, who was ejected for coming off the bench.—
Lawrence Dow,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
25 Feb. 2026
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Six players were ejected, but Hopkins wasn’t one of them.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
25 Feb. 2026
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With a chance to tighten its grip on the Big East, the Red Storm instead fell out of first place in the conference standings Wednesday night with a sobering 72-40 defeat by the Huskies in Hartford.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
26 Feb. 2026
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The two fell out in the early 2000s.—
Dan Mangan,
CNBC,
24 Feb. 2026
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Pippen got up and immediately charged at Gardner, with both players going down to the court.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
22 Feb. 2026
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Alysa Liu, the soon-to-be champion, got up from the leader’s chair as soon as Sakamoto left the ice surface.—
NBC News,
NBC news,
21 Feb. 2026
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“Turned out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turned%20out. Accessed 28 Feb. 2026.
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