How to Use the rest is history in a Sentence

the rest is history

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  • Bergeron shortened that phrase to Mai Tai, and the rest is history.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 17 Apr. 2023
  • And the rest is history—a footwear style that is a winter essential, an outdoor staple, and a wardrobe stunner.
    Maverick Li, Men's Health, 18 Jan. 2023
  • Harry met Markle after a mutual friend set them up on a blind date in early July, 2016, and the rest is history.
    Sam Dangremond, Town & Country, 8 Dec. 2022
  • DiCaprio eventually did a screen test and the rest is history.
    Zack Sharf, Variety, 12 Jan. 2023
  • Our older sister Rebecca St. James ended up getting a record deal, and the rest is history.
    Gary Graff, cleveland, 29 Nov. 2022
  • Then ShopBop gave Blackwood his first retail partnership—and the rest is history.
    Danielle Sinay, Glamour, 27 Feb. 2023
  • Bynum was working as a pediatrician in 1968 when a medical colleague who worked as a fight doctor asked him to help at a Golden Gloves match and the rest is history.
    William Lee, Chicago Tribune, 19 Mar. 2023
  • Nevertheless, that person rang Pennebaker, who ended up producing Saint Misbehavin’, and the rest is history.
    Matt Thompson, SPIN, 10 Jan. 2023

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