bear out
verb
bore out; borne out also born out; bearing out; bears out
: confirm, substantiate
a theory borne out by data
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Examples of bear out in a Sentence
the newly discovered papers bore out the rumors about the president's personal life
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That bears out in New York City, where new regulations went into effect in September 2023, barring owners and tenants from renting their entire apartment or home to visitors for fewer than 30 days.
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Samantha Delouya, CNN, 28 Oct. 2024
Curry misfired on a pair of open looks, but the spacing concerns of that combination bore out.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2024
The inefficacy of Trump’s approach is borne out not only by macroeconomic readings but also by sector-by-sector data.
—Steven Tian, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2024
This is not borne out in the data: America’s obesity rates appear to have come down (or leveled off) more quickly for men in the past few years.
—Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 18 Oct. 2024
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Samantha Delouya, CNN, 28 Oct. 2024
Curry misfired on a pair of open looks, but the spacing concerns of that combination bore out.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2024
The inefficacy of Trump’s approach is borne out not only by macroeconomic readings but also by sector-by-sector data.
—Steven Tian, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2024
This is not borne out in the data: America’s obesity rates appear to have come down (or leveled off) more quickly for men in the past few years.
—Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 18 Oct. 2024
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“Bear out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bear%20out. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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