bear out
verb
bore out; borne out also born out; bearing out; bears out
: confirm, substantiate
a theory borne out by data
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the newly discovered papers bore out the rumors about the president's personal life
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The alliance has been born out of a series of three think tank meetings in 2023 on the future of European Film Markets.
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Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 29 Nov. 2024
Her father lost a leg in World War I, her mother was born out of wedlock, and her grandmother once labored in a workhouse for the poor.
—Robert D. McFadden, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024
Writer-director Benjamin Christensen — who acts in the film as both the Devil and Jesus — frames witch hunts as a mass social injustice borne out of ignorance, perpetrated in particular against the mentally ill.
—Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 25 Nov. 2024
That’s key because being born out of wedlock back then meant he was not allowed to go to the university, and therefore he doesn’t get spoiled by academic silos.
—Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 18 Nov. 2024
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Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 29 Nov. 2024
Her father lost a leg in World War I, her mother was born out of wedlock, and her grandmother once labored in a workhouse for the poor.
—Robert D. McFadden, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024
Writer-director Benjamin Christensen — who acts in the film as both the Devil and Jesus — frames witch hunts as a mass social injustice borne out of ignorance, perpetrated in particular against the mentally ill.
—Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 25 Nov. 2024
That’s key because being born out of wedlock back then meant he was not allowed to go to the university, and therefore he doesn’t get spoiled by academic silos.
—Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 18 Nov. 2024
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“Bear out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bear%20out. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.
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