came out

verb

Definition of came outnext
past tense of come out
1
as in proved
to come to be in the end everything came out OK

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2
as in appeared
to come into view come out, come out wherever you are!

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3
as in spread
to become known when the truth came out about the state of the company's finances, several top executives lost their jobs

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for came out
  1. proved
  2. appeared
  3. spread
  4. unfolded
  5. circulated
  6. evolved
  7. showed
  8. came
Verb
  • Four Thousand Weeks proved an opportune project.
    Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Upon its successful separation, Frye said, the team began working to define sustainability—a task that proved difficult given that the concept remains a moving target for most brands today.
    Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of proved
Verb
  • Since then, additional decorative drives have appeared, many but not all of them branded tie-ins to entertainment or popular culture.
    PCMAG, PCMAG, 17 Nov. 2024
  • This article originally appeared in Knowable Magazine, an independent journalistic endeavor from Annual Reviews.
    Martin J. Kernan, Discover Magazine, 16 Nov. 2024
Definition of appeared
Verb
  • Fix the Hide Before Tweaking the Spread If things aren’t going as planned and ducks aren’t finishing, duck hunters tend to want to mess with the decoy spread.
    Joe Arterburn, Outdoor Life, 14 Nov. 2024
  • Dozens of firefighters were battling the brush fire just days after fires in wooded areas of Brooklyn, the Bronx and New Jersey spread smoke across New York City.
    Evan Bush, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
Definition of spread
Verb
  • Climate change is intensifying weather events Multiple factors contributed to the extreme rainfall and catastrophic flooding that unfolded across parts of western North Carolina, including the Asheville area.
    Leah Sarnoff, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2024
  • The tragedy that unfolded on Rust‘s New Mexico set in 2021 was followed by years of intense media scrutiny, legal dispute and various bouts of public acrimony.
    Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of unfolded
Verb
  • Headlines announcing the arrival of a possible Russian spy dolphin soon circulated around the world as the beluga (dubbed Hvaldimir by locals) continued its Norwegian residency.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 13 Nov. 2024
  • Videos supports Penny's actions, defense says A video circulated online shows part of the incident and begins with Penny holding Neely in a chokehold on the floor after several minutes of holding him down off-camera.
    Claire Thornton, USA TODAY, 21 Oct. 2024
Definition of circulated
Verb
  • But with practice, these simple actions evolved into more complex behaviors, such as steering the car toward a specific destination.
    Kelly Lambert, Discover Magazine, 14 Nov. 2024
  • The grandmother hypothesis According to Zollikofer, this unique mixture of great ape-like and human-like features in tooth development shows that early Homo had already evolved a pattern of an extended growth phase.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 13 Nov. 2024
Definition of evolved
Verb
  • Video released by the Ventura County Fire Department showed workers clearing brush while helicopters dropped water on the fire in the distance.
    Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The camera showed Truett's mother-in-law, whose name Truett did not share, playing with their pets.
    Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of showed
Verb
  • The decision by Price’s office to file charges in Monk’s death came just days after a landslide election that saw Price become the first district attorney in the county’s history to be recalled from office.
    Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
  • But then came the shock of the terror attacks, when Hamas and other militant groups killed more than 1,200 people in southern Israel and kidnapped some 250 more into Gaza.
    Ivana Kottasová and Zeena Saifi, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of came
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