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as in to succeed
to turn out as planned or desired
the investment scheme didn't quite pan out
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Recent Examples of pan out
Michael Bernick, an employment attorney who once led the state Employment Development Department, studied the impacts of previous refinery closures and found that promises of converting refinery jobs to well-paying alternative employment didn’t pan out.
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Dan Walters, Oc Register, 18 May 2025
That didn’t pan out, evidently, and SNL Polska was canceled after its initial 15-episode run.
—Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 16 May 2025
Small research teams could work on a variety of bleeding-edge projects that may or may not pan out.
—Hayden Field,jonathan Vanian,jennifer Elias, CNBC, 14 May 2025
While their methods never panned out, those of modern science finally have.
—Victoria Corless, Space.com, 13 May 2025
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Dan Walters, Oc Register, 18 May 2025
That didn’t pan out, evidently, and SNL Polska was canceled after its initial 15-episode run.
—Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 16 May 2025
Small research teams could work on a variety of bleeding-edge projects that may or may not pan out.
—Hayden Field,jonathan Vanian,jennifer Elias, CNBC, 14 May 2025
While their methods never panned out, those of modern science finally have.
—Victoria Corless, Space.com, 13 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pan out
Verb
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Prior to the settlement, the city had argued in legal filings that the four plaintiffs could not prove what caused their injuries, or that they were caused by police.—
Robert Salonga,
Mercury News,
4 June 2025
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Trump’s advisers remain animated by the unyielding belief that the economic experts were proven wrong in Trump’s first term.—
Phil Mattingly,
CNN Money,
4 June 2025
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To succeed and avoid harming your personal financial health, a clear structure and commitment to intentional financial actions are essential.—
Alejandra Rojas,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2025
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The early options on the GOP side are bleak: Neither Donalds nor Casey DeSantis, the governor’s wife who’s said to be interested in succeeding him, is the moderate Florida so desperately needs now.—
Orlando Sentinel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
30 May 2025
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What went right, what went wrong, and what are the prospects for Elon's mammoth rocket meeting NASA's goals for a moon landing in 2027?—
Space.com Staff,
Space.com,
31 May 2025
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Last fall, Isshiki Matcha went viral after Zheng managed to import a shipment of the famous Olympic Village chocolate muffins to the U.S. Perseverance is also important, as when the Omicron variant of Covid-19 raged through New York City just one month after Moko’s official opening.—
Lisa Kailai Han,
CNBC,
31 May 2025
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Her initial suggestion to stop didn’t go over well.—
Jim Farber,
Rolling Stone,
5 June 2025
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The principle is to never lose sight of where good and interesting work may be happening in the world, and then making sense of how that work will go over at Calabash.—
Baz Dreisinger,
Forbes.com,
4 June 2025
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Search by title or topic in the Search Bar in the middle of the Home Page, or click on the blue ‘years’ boxes and browse.—
Jan Wagner,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 May 2025
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Impossible - The Final Reckoning (now playing in theaters everywhere; click here for tickets).—
Josh Weiss,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
Verb
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There has been a lot written about how your body can influence your mood—from the importance of working out to meditating, to getting enough sleep.—
Aliza Knox,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2025
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That didn’t work out so well when the bored kid annexed Crimea.—
Stephen Collinson,
CNN Money,
31 May 2025
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“Pan out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pan%20out. Accessed 9 Jun. 2025.
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