How to Use pan out in a Sentence

pan out

verb
  • Regime change hasn’t panned out.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 13 Mar. 2026
  • None of his schemes panned out.
    — Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Those ideas have not yet panned out.
    — Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Not a lot has panned out, though, this time around.
    — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Apr. 2026
  • The plan never panned out, but the name stuck.
    — Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 20 June 2026
  • At that time, no one knew how the treatment would pan out.
    — Charles Trepany, USA Today, 4 Mar. 2026
  • This instance would need proof that the new job didn’t pan out.
    — Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 16 May 2024
  • For the rebuild to work, those first-round picks have to pan out.
    — Jeff Howe, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
  • That said, there are a few rookies that might just pan out this year.
    — Stephen J. Nesbitt, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2026
  • So far, many claims of success have been made, and none have panned out.
    — Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 27 July 2023
  • But the move is yet to really pan out.
    — Caoimhe O'Neill, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2026
  • But some are skeptical that will pan out.
    — Lindsey Bahr, Fortune, 28 Feb. 2026
  • There’s no guarantee that any of them pan out.
    — Jeff Howe, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2026
  • But then that didn't pan out and after three months I got cut.
    — Bryan West, USA Today, 26 Sep. 2025
  • If things pan out, the two schools could clash one more time in this year’s Div.
    — Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 24 Feb. 2026
  • So far, that theory has panned out.
    — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Her devotion to work didn’t pan out.
    — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Some leads that had developed didn’t pan out.
    — Cnn.com, Mercury News, 4 Dec. 2025
  • Nothing panned out until late last year.
    — Julia Coin may 29, Charlotte Observer, 29 May 2026
  • But the showings didn’t alway pan out.
    — Isabel Rivera, Miami Herald, 15 Aug. 2025
  • The papers, of course, never panned out.
    — Jordan Salama, New Yorker, 30 Dec. 2025
  • At least on Friday, their push to pump up the stock didn't pan out.
    — Rafael Nam, NPR, 2 June 2024
  • That investment has not panned out.
    — Iris Kwok feb. 20, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2026
  • The movie has been a surprise hit in a time when many adult dramas do not pan out.
    — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 6 Dec. 2024
  • The movie has been a surprise hit in a time when many adult dramas do not pan out.
    — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 6 Jan. 2025
  • But that dream didn’t pan out, forcing her to move back to her parents’ home.
    — Brent Lang, Variety, 18 Apr. 2023
  • Promising rookies have not panned out.
    — Doug Haller, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Something always goes wrong, or doesn’t pan out, like it was drawn up on the white board.
    — Jay Paris, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024
  • So, how will the new batch of portal additions pan out?
    — Ty Kaplan, Dallas Morning News, 18 Jan. 2026
  • India didn’t pan out as expected in his first year with the club.
    — Kansas City Star, 27 Sep. 2025

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