shake out 1 of 2

as in to prove
to come to be after hearing about all the elaborate planning, I can't wait to see how that wedding shakes out

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shakeout

2 of 2

noun

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Recent Examples of shake out
Verb
Instead, the Fed seems to be waiting alongside investors and business leaders to see when and how potential trade deals shake out. Jesse Pound, CNBC, 7 May 2025 Other than the former Miami Hurricanes star going No. 1 to the Titans, the way the rest of the NFL Draft could shake out is unclear. Fox News Staff, FOXNews.com, 24 Apr. 2025
Noun
In the meantime, Huang is seeing a shakeout on the Amazon platform—and a shift to new markets. Elaine Pofeldt, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025 Run with Mad Miles, Urban Run Club and Nike for a one-and-a-half or three-mile shakeout run starting at The Venue in Raleigh. Alexis Clinton, Axios, 1 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for shake out
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shake out
Verb
  • Trump’s advisers remain animated by the unyielding belief that the economic experts were proven wrong in Trump’s first term.
    Phil Mattingly, CNN Money, 4 June 2025
  • The Democratic Governors Association, which works to elect Democratic governors across the country and protect incumbents, argued in a statement that Hochul has been continually underestimated and proven doubters wrong.
    Jared Gans, The Hill, 4 June 2025
Noun
  • The Kennedy Center shake-up has drawn the most attention as Trump named himself chairman of the institution’s board and installed former administration official Richard Grenell as its president.
    Haisten Willis, The Washington Examiner, 8 June 2025
  • The Sun reported that a long-serving gamekeeper, who is responsible for managing the bird population on the estate, is said to have been let go in a recent staff shake-up, resulting in the shortage.
    Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 7 June 2025
Verb
  • Florida, the No. 2 seed in Conway, fell out of NCAA regional play in just three games, with both losses coming against the third-seed East Carolina Pirates.
    Jackson Castellano, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 June 2025
  • But the pieces fell out of product by the end of the ‘60s, and that’s where the Heller name comes in.
    Emily Williams, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 June 2025
Noun
  • That would easily replace the supply lost from a total shutdown of the Straits of Hormuz for sixty days.
    Michael Lynch, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
  • More recently during years of divided government, GOP leaders had to rely on Democrats to approve must-pass funding bills to avoid shutdowns.
    Deirdre Walsh, NPR, 12 June 2025
Noun
  • Prosecutors and defense attorneys will begin delivering their closing arguments Friday in Read’s second murder trial over the death of her Boston cop boyfriend John O’Keefe.
    Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 14 June 2025
  • After both sides gave their closing arguments Friday morning, Judge Beverly Cannone spent the early afternoon reading jury instructions before alternates were selected and the remaining jurors were sent to the deliberation room.
    Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 13 June 2025

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“Shake out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shake%20out. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.

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