turned out

past tense of turn out
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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of turned out Trump carried by about 34 percentage points in the last presidential election, some Republican and independents turned out for Hamilton. — ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026 Oklahoma State University, which took over testing, had a strong lead this year, and a DNA packet sent to a possible relative turned out to be a match, said Rouse, the coroner. — Phil Helsel, NBC news, 15 Oct. 2026 In a phone interview, L'Anse Creuse Superintendent Keith Howell said that principals have to make decisions all the time about how to manage situations, and that last Friday night turned out well because of the revision to the first notice. — Heath Kalb, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026 Video review determined the fan did interfere, the play was scored an RBI double for Volpe but the run that did not turned out to be the difference. — Stephen Whyno, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026 The replay official scored it an RBI double for Volpe with a run scored, but the run that did not turned out to be the difference. — Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026 That turned out to be the case with Biden, who reluctantly ended his presidential reelection campaign in July 2024. — Nancy Forster-Holt, The Conversation, 6 Oct. 2026 Two people carrying the same title turned out to be doing quite different work. — Manu Khetan, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026 That discipline turned out to be its own form of competitive advantage. — Harvard Business Review, 29 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for turned out
Verb
  • As a result, Target just rolled out a simpler, more integrated scheduling experience.
    — Ted Kitterman, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Get ready for traffic-palooza This year, III Points rolled out a new ticketing system with radio frequency wristbands.
    — Isabel Rivera, Miami Herald, 18 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • There is accumulation of food residue on some of the equipment that has not been cleaned recently such as refrigerators and prep table.
    — NWA Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026
  • The Lowman Ranger District did not respond to questions about how frequently the site’s bathrooms are cleaned or trash is removed.
    — Harllie Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 19 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Williams argued that without a viable federal copyright claim, Hugo’s state-law claims involving breach of fiduciary duty and an incomplete accounting should also be dismissed, leaving him free to pursue those claims separately in state court.
    — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Last weekend in Highland, Michigan, Rogers dismissed El-Sayed's attempts to whittle away at his GOP base of support.
    — Aaron Navarro, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • But the talent for going viral that helped Ramaswamy gain a national profile has proved less successful this election cycle in Ohio.
    — Philip Elliott, Time, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Riemann himself proved that nontrivial zeros of the zeta function can only be found in a vertical strip between zero and 1.
    — Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 19 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The flames were so large that traffic cameras detected the fire, and neighbors woke to the home being consumed.
    — Jason Rantala, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026
  • This is what publishers get for selling out to woke novelists!
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Both occupants were ejected from the vehicle onto the road, according to the crash log.
    — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Then, safety Zechariah Poyser was ejected for targeting on FSU quarterback Ashton Daniels.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Heintz fell out of her vehicle, and police said Royce Moser picked her up, put her in the hatch of her Jeep Cherokee and drove her to his mom's house in Beallsville.
    — Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Below, Bourne explains how and why Black in the British Frame fell out of print.
    — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Williamson, who wasn’t on the ALDS roster, made a diving grab on DeLauter’s sharp grounder, got up and threw him out.
    — Rob Maaddi, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Jones got up, straightened his shoulder pads and headed back to the defensive backfield.
    — Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 10 Oct. 2026

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“Turned out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turned%20out. Accessed 21 Oct. 2026.

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