prove out
verb
proved out; proved out or proven out; proving out; proves out
: to turn out to be satisfactory or as expected
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This collaboration proved out the concept: Rossi produced three other gardening tools on the table in front of Hunt: a five-claw hand rake, a large garden trowel and a trenching tool.
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Cathie Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 25 May 2024
DeCosta is fond of saying the Ravens can never have too many cornerbacks and that proved out last season with a slew of injuries, including to Humphrey.
—Brian Wacker, Baltimore Sun, 19 Mar. 2024
Its primary purpose was to prove out technologies necessary for precision landings.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 25 Jan. 2024
Both companies have work to do in proving out the technology to store and transfer these propellants, but both have already been partnering with NASA.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 25 May 2023
That accounting trick has been easier to prove out on paper than in practice.
—Gregory Barber, WIRED, 7 Dec. 2023
Wu says that for him, the key value of the study comes in proving out the high pluripotency of the stem cells that scientists use in the lab.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 10 Nov. 2023
Satellite connectivity is now shipping in all new iPhones, but Apple still hasn’t proven out demand for the service.
—Jacob Kastrenakes, The Verge, 10 Nov. 2023
It was supposed to prove out a dream that smaller, modular designs can make splitting atoms to boil water and push turbines with steam much cheaper.
—WIRED, 9 Nov. 2023
Cathie Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 25 May 2024
DeCosta is fond of saying the Ravens can never have too many cornerbacks and that proved out last season with a slew of injuries, including to Humphrey.
—Brian Wacker, Baltimore Sun, 19 Mar. 2024
Its primary purpose was to prove out technologies necessary for precision landings.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 25 Jan. 2024
Both companies have work to do in proving out the technology to store and transfer these propellants, but both have already been partnering with NASA.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 25 May 2023
That accounting trick has been easier to prove out on paper than in practice.
—Gregory Barber, WIRED, 7 Dec. 2023
Wu says that for him, the key value of the study comes in proving out the high pluripotency of the stem cells that scientists use in the lab.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 10 Nov. 2023
Satellite connectivity is now shipping in all new iPhones, but Apple still hasn’t proven out demand for the service.
—Jacob Kastrenakes, The Verge, 10 Nov. 2023
It was supposed to prove out a dream that smaller, modular designs can make splitting atoms to boil water and push turbines with steam much cheaper.
—WIRED, 9 Nov. 2023
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