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 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 That turned out to be wrong for a meaningful minority of them, whose brains were generating signals our methods were not sensitive enough to pick up. — Torie Bosch, STAT, 18 July 2026 The culprit turned out to be a mandatory registration step the user had to complete before paying. — Polina Chebanova, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026 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 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

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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
But since the team first rolled out the tactic in early July, the idea may be spreading.

— Spencer Nusbaum, New York Times, 22 July 2026

Definition of rolled out

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Most railings can be cleaned with these basic steps, but methods for stain removal can differ.

— Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 18 July 2026
The law also added a requirement that heavy water users (over 100,000 gallons a day) must use reclaimed water, or water that has been used and cleaned, to offset their use of fresh, drinkable water.

— Alexandra Phelps, Miami Herald, 17 July 2026

Definition of cleaned

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Scott first attended Arizona State on a partial golf scholarship, but was dismissed from the team after an incident with a visiting recruit.

— Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 18 July 2026
In our most recent conversation, Gershman dismissed the account Sebold gave in her memoir and downplayed the parts of her testimony that were more ambiguous.

— Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica, 17 July 2026

Definition of dismissed

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His goal proved especially important when Minnesota’s Devin Padelford was left unmarked on a set piece and scored on a header in the 75th minute.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 23 July 2026
More than anything else, that team proved what a romantic optimist Keegan was, to dream of playing football like that in the second tier, and to be brave enough to deliver it, telling his players to go out and entertain the fans.

— James Pearce, New York Times, 22 July 2026

Definition of proved

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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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Or Whitney Houston, who one time got up unannounced to play the piano after their regular pianist’s shift ended.

— Elise Taylor, Vanity Fair, 16 July 2026
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