turned out

verb

Definition of turned outnext
past tense of turn out
1
as in rolled out
to leave one's bed we turn out early on workdays

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2
as in cleaned
to remove the dirt from it's our practice to turn out the room after guests stay over

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3
as in dismissed
to drive or force out angrily turned their adult son out of their home for using drugs

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4
as in proved
to come to be everything will turn out fine in the end

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for turned out
  1. dismissed
  2. proved
  3. ejected
  4. evolved
  5. rose
  6. banished
  7. cast out
  8. expelled
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  • Senior management was the last to leave about 45 minutes after the plant had been closed and all other employees had been dismissed, the company said.
    Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Baldwin was charged with involuntary manslaughter, but his case was abruptly dismissed in July over allegations that prosecutors withheld evidence.
    Brendan Morrow, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of dismissed
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  • Four Thousand Weeks proved an opportune project.
    Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Upon its successful separation, Frye said, the team began working to define sustainability—a task that proved difficult given that the concept remains a moving target for most brands today.
    Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of proved
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  • The second event — explained in layman’s terms — is when a tiny bit of the sun, plasma and magnetic fields, is ejected.
    Darcie Moran, Detroit Free Press, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Graves said the collision caused one passenger to be ejected from the bus and that person died.
    Perry Vandell, The Arizona Republic, 1 Oct. 2024
Definition of ejected
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
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  • Nonfarm payrolls rose by 254,000 in September, the most in six months.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Nonfarm payrolls rose by 254,000 last month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday, well above the 150,000 expected by forecasters.
    Will Daniel, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2024
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  • Apparently, she was banished from her Puritan colony for being too much of a buzzkill.
    Katie Campione, Deadline, 17 Oct. 2024
  • Those found guilty of habitual funny cowboy dancing are either executed or banished to the Desolate Zone, where they are forced to get jobs and raise families.
    Jack Handey, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2024
Definition of banished
Verb
  • Was your family still part of the organization when you were cast out?
    Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
  • Many of these youths are being cast out by conservative religious families.
    John Blake, CNN, 3 Nov. 2024
Definition of cast out
Verb
  • So my husband, for example, his family is from Egypt, expelled by Gamal Abdel Nasser.
    Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 4 Oct. 2024
  • For example, the Beverly Hills school district expelled five eighth-graders who shared fake nudes of 16 other eighth-graders in February.
    Jon Healey, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
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Thesaurus Entries Near turned out

turned one's stomach

turned out

turned over

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