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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Examples of bear out in a Sentence
the newly discovered papers bore out the rumors about the president's personal life
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Like all post-war subcultures, goth was born out of a need to rage against the machine.
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Tish Weinstock, Vogue, 31 Aug. 2024
The festival itself was born out of conflict, launched during the nearly four-year siege of the city by Bosnian Serb forces in the early ’90s.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Aug. 2024
And that’s born out by Naturi Naughton’s appearance in a trailer for Power Book II: Ghost‘s final episodes.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 5 Aug. 2024
This point was borne out in the study findings, which revealed that one less daily serving of these animal proteins, and one more of beans, nuts, tofu, peanut butter, and the like, cut the likelihood of dementia by 20 percent.
—Don Rauf, EverydayHealth.com, 2 Aug. 2024
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Tish Weinstock, Vogue, 31 Aug. 2024
The festival itself was born out of conflict, launched during the nearly four-year siege of the city by Bosnian Serb forces in the early ’90s.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Aug. 2024
And that’s born out by Naturi Naughton’s appearance in a trailer for Power Book II: Ghost‘s final episodes.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 5 Aug. 2024
This point was borne out in the study findings, which revealed that one less daily serving of these animal proteins, and one more of beans, nuts, tofu, peanut butter, and the like, cut the likelihood of dementia by 20 percent.
—Don Rauf, EverydayHealth.com, 2 Aug. 2024
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“Bear out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bear%20out. Accessed 12 Sep. 2024.
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