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as in proved
to come to be
the eagerly anticipated kayaking trip never panned out
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as in succeeded
to turn out as planned or desired
the investment scheme didn't quite pan out
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Recent Examples of panned out
Most preseason forecasts predicted a busier-than-average season, which hasn't quite panned out as of late October.
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Doyle Rice, USA Today, 25 Oct. 2025
The camera then panned out to reveal Kris with her daughters Kim, Kourtney and Khloé Kardashian, as well as Kendall and Kylie Jenner, dancing together while dressed in matching black outfits.
—Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025
Cincinnati made the surprising trade with their division-rival Cleveland Browns to acquire veteran Joe Flacco, as Jake Browning hadn’t panned out since the Joe Burrow injury earlier in the season.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2025
While there was optimism surrounding the move when it was made, the early results haven't panned out.
—Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
Investigators have sought various leads, including hopes that a rifle seized in an Alameda County shooting investigation shortly thereafter would prove to be the murder weapon, but so far nothing has panned out.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025
For the most part, however, the Herald’s picks panned out.
—Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 18 Sep. 2025
The scientists’ bifurcation models had panned out in nature.
—Gregory Barber, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
The business partners considered spaces in Aurora, but nothing ultimately panned out.
—Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025
Doyle Rice, USA Today, 25 Oct. 2025
The camera then panned out to reveal Kris with her daughters Kim, Kourtney and Khloé Kardashian, as well as Kendall and Kylie Jenner, dancing together while dressed in matching black outfits.
—Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025
Cincinnati made the surprising trade with their division-rival Cleveland Browns to acquire veteran Joe Flacco, as Jake Browning hadn’t panned out since the Joe Burrow injury earlier in the season.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2025
While there was optimism surrounding the move when it was made, the early results haven't panned out.
—Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
Investigators have sought various leads, including hopes that a rifle seized in an Alameda County shooting investigation shortly thereafter would prove to be the murder weapon, but so far nothing has panned out.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025
For the most part, however, the Herald’s picks panned out.
—Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 18 Sep. 2025
The scientists’ bifurcation models had panned out in nature.
—Gregory Barber, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
The business partners considered spaces in Aurora, but nothing ultimately panned out.
—Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for panned out
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Relentless resilience The stock market has proved more resilient this year than many on Wall Street thought.—
John Towfighi,
CNN Money,
27 Oct. 2025
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Age proved to be a crucial issue ahead of the 2024 presidential election, undermining former President Joe Biden's bid for reelection as political rivals and many voters expressed concerns over his health and his fitness for office.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Oct. 2025
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The break-up, announced in January, was a surprise because Carter, who succeeded Paul Keel as chief executive in March 2024, had run both Smiths Detection and Smiths Interconnect earlier in his career and some investors perceived him as wedded to them.—
Ian King,
CNBC,
22 Oct. 2025
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Wearables succeeded not just by measuring physiology, but by creating feedback loops that made invisible processes visible and actionable.—
Lyssanoel Frater,
USA Today,
21 Oct. 2025
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Eight years on, FII has evolved from a stage for shock-and-awe reveals into a reflection of Saudi Arabia’s maturing economic strategy, and of Public Investment Fund’s (PIF) central role in driving it.—
Wael Mahdi,
semafor.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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His entrepreneurial leap, Soloclusión, started as a digital library and evolved into a global stage where the world’s leading orthodontists and emerging voices converge.—
Malana VanTyler,
USA Today,
27 Oct. 2025
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That hasn’t worked out so well either.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Oct. 2025
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Very real small-scale physics effects, like dynamical heating, star-formation and feedback, and nonlinear effects must be worked out and accounted for.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
23 Oct. 2025
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After previously awarded National Endowment for the Humanities grants to organizations around the country were canceled in April, Wisconsin Humanities went into survival mode and launched an emergency fundraising campaign.—
Jim Higgins,
jsonline.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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On the beauty front, Nader styled her blond hair in loose waves and went with a dewy makeup look.—
Kelsey Stewart,
Footwear News,
26 Oct. 2025
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The latter was an infamously chaotic production that went over budget and saw Scorsese clash with producer Harvey Weinstein.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
22 Oct. 2025
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For this Voter Guide story, the Idaho Statesman sent surveys to each of the candidates, and their responses are presented below, unedited, except to shorten when candidates went over the 100-word limit.—
Idaho Statesman,
Idaho Statesman,
15 Oct. 2025
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