play out
verb
played out; playing out; plays out
1
: to become spent or exhausted
a style that has played out
Examples of play out in a Sentence
we've finally played out the leftovers from that huge holiday meal
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So, this data, ICE’s Detention Statistics, has become an important tool to see how the new immigration-enforcement policies are playing out.
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Ignacio Calderon, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2026
Cohen sees the same disconnection playing out daily on campus and beyond.
—Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Apr. 2026
That alone can dramatically change how the debt issue plays out.
—Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2026
In March, a similarly awkward scene played out in the Georgia Supreme Court.
—Martin Kaste, NPR, 3 Apr. 2026
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Ignacio Calderon, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2026
Cohen sees the same disconnection playing out daily on campus and beyond.
—Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Apr. 2026
That alone can dramatically change how the debt issue plays out.
—Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2026
In March, a similarly awkward scene played out in the Georgia Supreme Court.
—Martin Kaste, NPR, 3 Apr. 2026
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“Play out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/play%20out. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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