as in to verify
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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Founded in 2013 by entrepreneur Tristan Walker, Bevel was born out of necessity.
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Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 10 Sep. 2024
The idea for the trip was born out of one of my favorite France memories, from back when my wife and I lived in Paris for two years in the early aughts.
—Rosecrans Baldwin, Travel + Leisure, 7 Sep. 2024
Callen Archive is a great reminder that the best vintage fashion collections are borne out of going back to your formative years, when fashion started to lodge in your brain—in McNeil’s case, at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Clair—and chasing personal obsessions.
—Mark Holgate, Vogue, 4 Sep. 2024
Frost once served as national organizing director of March for Our Lives, a gun violence activism group born out of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
—Rebecca Schneid, TIME, 4 Sep. 2024
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Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 10 Sep. 2024
The idea for the trip was born out of one of my favorite France memories, from back when my wife and I lived in Paris for two years in the early aughts.
—Rosecrans Baldwin, Travel + Leisure, 7 Sep. 2024
Callen Archive is a great reminder that the best vintage fashion collections are borne out of going back to your formative years, when fashion started to lodge in your brain—in McNeil’s case, at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Clair—and chasing personal obsessions.
—Mark Holgate, Vogue, 4 Sep. 2024
Frost once served as national organizing director of March for Our Lives, a gun violence activism group born out of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
—Rebecca Schneid, TIME, 4 Sep. 2024
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