prove out

verb

proved out; proved out or proven out; proving out; proves out

intransitive verb

: to turn out to be satisfactory or as expected

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Michelle Grant, director of retail strategy and insights at Salesforce, said, despite the fact that most retailers haven’t yet reached maturity with agents, their development and deployment is likely to proliferate quickly after pilot tests begin proving out results. Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 24 Mar. 2025 The area, known for hitting near zero degrees Fahrenheit daily during January, and warming up only slightly into February, provides the harsh weather conditions needed to prove out vehicle capabilities under extreme stress. Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025 In addition, the company proved out its communications technology that will be used as part of a lunar data relay network that NASA has contracted with Intuitive Machines to develop. Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 13 Mar. 2025 Reality check: Vema is still at an early scale and will need to prove out its technology at the pilot level. Katie Fehrenbacher, Axios, 18 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for prove out

Word History

First Known Use

1941, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of prove out was in 1941

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“Prove out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prove%20out. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.

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