fan out
phrasal verb
fanned out; fanning out; fans out
: to spread apart or to cause (something) to spread apart
The police fanned out across the park in search of the suspect.
He fanned out his fingers.
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Bouknight brushed off the setback and fanned out to Edwardsville and Decatur to knock on more doors.
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Brendan I. Koerner, WIRED, 13 Jan. 2025
The light is then fanned out to six channels and fed into a layer of six neurons that perform linear matrix multiplication using an array of devices called Mach-Zehnder interferometers.
—Ars Technica, 12 Jan. 2025
The team at Sola Entertainment quickly had to fan out and approach other companies — a total of over 60 animation studios in Japan and abroad, including some recognizable names in anime, like MAPPA, OLM, Studio 4°C, and Production I.G — as well as rely on Unreal Engine to plan shots.
—Rafael Motamayor, IndieWire, 2 Jan. 2025
Chiefs tickets are still on sale for the remaining games for all those hardcore fans out there.
—Maya Gandara, StyleCaster, 19 Dec. 2024
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Brendan I. Koerner, WIRED, 13 Jan. 2025
The light is then fanned out to six channels and fed into a layer of six neurons that perform linear matrix multiplication using an array of devices called Mach-Zehnder interferometers.
—Ars Technica, 12 Jan. 2025
The team at Sola Entertainment quickly had to fan out and approach other companies — a total of over 60 animation studios in Japan and abroad, including some recognizable names in anime, like MAPPA, OLM, Studio 4°C, and Production I.G — as well as rely on Unreal Engine to plan shots.
—Rafael Motamayor, IndieWire, 2 Jan. 2025
Chiefs tickets are still on sale for the remaining games for all those hardcore fans out there.
—Maya Gandara, StyleCaster, 19 Dec. 2024
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“Fan out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fan%20out. Accessed 23 Jan. 2025.
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