shaken out

verb

Definition of shaken outnext
past participle of shake out
as in proven
to come to be after hearing about all the elaborate planning, I can't wait to see how that wedding shakes out

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  1. evolved
  2. proved
  3. unfolded
Verb
  • But with practice, these simple actions evolved into more complex behaviors, such as steering the car toward a specific destination.
    Kelly Lambert, Discover Magazine, 14 Nov. 2024
  • The grandmother hypothesis According to Zollikofer, this unique mixture of great ape-like and human-like features in tooth development shows that early Homo had already evolved a pattern of an extended growth phase.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 13 Nov. 2024
Definition of evolved
Verb
  • The experience proved life-changing.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Four Thousand Weeks proved an opportune project.
    Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of proved
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  • Climate change is intensifying weather events Multiple factors contributed to the extreme rainfall and catastrophic flooding that unfolded across parts of western North Carolina, including the Asheville area.
    Leah Sarnoff, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2024
  • The tragedy that unfolded on Rust‘s New Mexico set in 2021 was followed by years of intense media scrutiny, legal dispute and various bouts of public acrimony.
    Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of unfolded
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shaken out

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