worked out

verb

past tense of work out
1
as in solved
to find an answer for through reasoning by putting our heads together, we were able to work out the problem

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2
as in developed
to produce or bring about especially by long or repeated effort worked out a compromise between the warring factions

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3
as in succeeded
to turn out as planned or desired our plans for a ski vacation just didn't work out

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as in calculated
to determine (a value) by doing the necessary mathematical operations after working out the cost of a college education, we've decided that it's never too early to start saving

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Recent Examples of worked out Hopper, 25, grew up in Ballantyne and remembers staying in the Morrison YMCA’s child care while his mother worked out. — Charlotte Observer, 10 July 2026 Saša Pekeč, a professor of business administration at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business, compares it to the early days of ridesharing apps, which were banned in some cities while regulations were still being worked out. — Stephan Bisaha, NPR, 3 July 2026 According to Erik Slater of ClutchPoints, Brown met with the Nets at the combine, had team officials visit his family in Orlando and later worked out for Brooklyn. — C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 22 June 2026 The details of these events haven't been worked out yet, the spokesman said, but each of the local stores hosting these events will promote them on their individual Facebook pages. — Serenah McKay, Arkansas Online, 22 June 2026 That team was just one of the many that Council has worked out with. — Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 22 June 2026 And Dolan’s input was a part of the Knicks’ decision to fire Tom Thibodeau and go down the circuitous path that brought Mike Brown to their sidelines, and that, too, worked out. — Mike Vorkunov, New York Times, 16 June 2026 The moves worked out just fine for Yildiz, who’s responsible for three goals during the nation’s World Cup qualifying campaign. — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 8 June 2026 Pantochino Productions, the singularly silly, strange and hysterical small theater company that has worked out of the Milford Arts Council (MAC) for the past 16 years, occupies a unique place in the Connecticut theater landscape. — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 8 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for worked out
  1. solved
  2. developed
  3. succeeded
  4. calculated
  5. answered
  6. forged
  7. went
  8. figured
Verb
  • The 49-year-old cold case was eventually solved in August 2023.
    — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 5 July 2026
  • Trump’s 2020 defeat and unusual split term solved that problem.
    — Shelby Talcott, semafor.com, 3 July 2026
Definition of solved
Verb
  • Spain head coach Luis de la Fuente has tapped into the same penalty-box instincts that the 30-year-old has developed since that afternoon in Leicester.
    — Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 11 July 2026
  • University of Utah researchers have developed a 3D printing method that creates solid microstructures in a single laser exposure, eliminating the weak seams typically left behind by conventional layer-by-layer printing.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 10 July 2026
Definition of developed
Verb
  • He was succeeded by Sunnei founders Loris Messina and Simone Rizzo.
    — Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 7 July 2026
  • While Louis van Gaal famously succeeded with a similar move in 2014, such substitutions are often viewed as gimmicks, as taker execution remains paramount.
    — Chris Evans, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
Definition of succeeded
Verb
  • Another newspaper calculated the sum to be roughly 3,000 pounds, or something near a half-million dollars today.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 July 2026
  • Last fall, the Labor Department issued a rule that would take housing costs out of workers' paychecks and change the way wages are calculated — effectively lowering guest workers' pay and making the program cheaper for farmers.
    — Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 10 July 2026
Definition of calculated
Verb
  • The question definitively answered here is whether more schools should be emphasizing project learning over rote memorization and teaching to the test.
    — Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
  • The University of Hawaii deployed AI chatbots across all 10 campuses—94% student opt-in, 4,294 questions answered without human intervention in five months, 2,533 students flagged for follow-up.
    — Dr. Aviva Legatt, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
Definition of answered
Verb
  • In May, Anthropic forged a deal with SpaceX to use all of the compute capacity at the company's Colossus 1 data center in Memphis, Tennessee.
    — Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 10 July 2026
  • The family branched into two-wheelers in 1979 under Venu Srinivasan, who forged a partnership with Suzuki Motor for technology and engineering expertise.
    — Anu Raghunathan, Forbes.com, 9 July 2026
Definition of forged
Verb
  • The rookie point guard went 7 of 19 from the field and 4 of 9 from 3-point range after struggling with his shot in his summer league debut.
    — Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 7 July 2026
  • Desperate to close the gap, Sebastian Berhalter brought energy off the bench and nearly scored, but his shot went wide left.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 7 July 2026
Definition of went
Verb
  • At 32 years old, Jessica Pegula has figured something out about playing on grass, tennis’s most specialized surface that happens to host its most important Grand Slam.
    — Ava Wallace, New York Times, 5 July 2026
  • Terry Black’s Barbecue, a small Texas chain, figured authentic barbecue would be on many fans’ must-try lists.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 July 2026
Definition of figured

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“Worked out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/worked%20out. Accessed 12 Jul. 2026.

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