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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Marcella realized that she was being presented with an opportunity to prove out her thesis.
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Meghan McCormick, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024
Maybe someday Altman’s ideas about AI will prove out, but for now, his approach is textbook Silicon Valley mythmaking.
—David Karpf, The Atlantic, 4 Oct. 2024
The results proved out: In 2018, 263,000 manufacturing jobs were created and wages increased by 3%, according to a National Association of Manufacturers analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics data.
—Carol Miller, Fortune, 25 Sep. 2024
Reaching such regional understandings may well prove out of reach.
—Daniel Benaim, Foreign Affairs, 22 May 2020
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Meghan McCormick, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024
Maybe someday Altman’s ideas about AI will prove out, but for now, his approach is textbook Silicon Valley mythmaking.
—David Karpf, The Atlantic, 4 Oct. 2024
The results proved out: In 2018, 263,000 manufacturing jobs were created and wages increased by 3%, according to a National Association of Manufacturers analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics data.
—Carol Miller, Fortune, 25 Sep. 2024
Reaching such regional understandings may well prove out of reach.
—Daniel Benaim, Foreign Affairs, 22 May 2020
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“Prove out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prove%20out. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.
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