borne out

verb

variants also born out
past participle of bear out
as in confirmed
to give evidence or testimony to the truth or factualness of the newly discovered papers bore out the rumors about the president's personal life

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Recent Examples of borne out Now, as predictions go, this is a pretty safe one, but it’s really been borne out in recent months. — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2026 The idea was born out of a need for fresh milk as many Rwandans moved to the city from rural areas in the past decade and lost their easy access to dairy cows. — Fatma Tanis, NPR, 27 Aug. 2026 Urban said the film was born out of the gap between cultural expectations surrounding motherhood and her own experience after becoming a parent. — Davide Abbatescianni, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026 But the chemical composition of Shingrix might explain its salutary effects on dementia and heart disease, if borne out by randomized clinical trials designed to generate stronger evidence of cause and effect. — Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 26 Aug. 2026 The company was born out of a desire to expand the availability of Asian cinema in North America, but also to broaden the horizon of what could be distributed on home video and in cinemas. — José Salazar, IndieWire, 24 Aug. 2026 But the infrastructure investment did improve ComEd’s outage performance, as statistics have borne out. — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2026 Ever since James Hansen alerted the nation 38 years ago to the increasingly devastating effects of climate change, his warning has been borne out. — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 24 Aug. 2026 His newest spot is born out of an overflow of that creativity. — Kansas City Star, 20 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for borne out
  1. confirmed
  2. verified
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  • The department later confirmed that the area was secure and that no further threat to the public remained.
    — Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Neither club had announced the deal as of early Wednesday afternoon, but multiple sources confirmed to the Miami Herald that the trade was done and Allen was headed to Chicago.
    — Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of confirmed
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  • At the airport, passengers must first have their identity verified with a REAL ID, often using facial recognition technology.
    — Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Formally verified by the European Solar Test Installation (ESTI), this benchmark shows the technical progress in scaling up high-efficiency thin-film architectures beyond sub-centimeter laboratory devices.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of verified

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“Borne out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/borne%20out. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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