Thesaurus results for SHAKES OUT

shakes out

verb

present tense third-person singular of shake out

as in proves

to come to be after hearing about all the elaborate planning, I can't wait to see how that wedding shakes out

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Recent Examples of shakes out Here's how that shakes out; the results are nuanced, but not exactly shocking. — Joe Osborne, PC Magazine, 24 Oct. 2026 The rest of the league is watching closely to see how the battle of payrolls shakes out. — Isaac Tellechea, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2026 In the balance could be — no, will be — how this massive makeover shakes out. — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 19 Sep. 2026 Our goal is to play playoff baseball no matter how that shakes out. — Sahadev Sharma, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026 Though its name references its length, for the metric-averse this shakes out at just 18 feet. — New Atlas, 29 Aug. 2026 The recent trend of Cannes honorees picking up Best Picture nominations usually shakes out to a $5-to-$6 million domestic take. — Joe Reid, Vulture, 25 Aug. 2026 That’s a little bit about how the water and energy use shakes out. — John Werner, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026 That could happen sooner depending on how the market shakes out and may occur over multiple transactions, said the person, who was granted anonymity because the details are private. — Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 20 Aug. 2026

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The pain of this story lies squarely in the past, and Lee, who wrote the script with Oh Jung-mi, proves more willing than usual to bridge the gap between then and now.

— Justin Chang, New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2026
This woman couldn't point to one place in the Bill of Rights, the Constitution, or the Declaration of Independence that proves her claim that males have the right to compete in women's sports or use women's restrooms.

— Jon Root OutKick, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026

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