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Recent Examples of shakes out
No matter how all this shakes out, OpenAI's demand for training large language models and inference — or running them to serve millions of customers — has translated into new customers and boosted overall cloud spending on Azure.
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Paulina Likos, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2025
Anime tends to be front-loaded at the box office, as eager fans flock to the earliest screenings possible, so how the rest of the weekend shakes out depends on Saturday holds.
—J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 13 Sep. 2025
How that shakes out will determine how the other dominoes fall on the back end.
—Jonas Siegel, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
As many fans have pointed out online, this marks brand-new territory for the franchise, which could come with many pros and cons depending on how everything shakes out.
—Kelsie Gibson, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2025
Salt Lake City is a two-hour flight from Seattle and less than that from both Los Angeles and Las Vegas, where the Athletics will presumably be by the time all this shakes out.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 7 Sep. 2025
Here’s how the IRS budget generally shakes out.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Paulina Likos, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2025
Anime tends to be front-loaded at the box office, as eager fans flock to the earliest screenings possible, so how the rest of the weekend shakes out depends on Saturday holds.
—J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 13 Sep. 2025
How that shakes out will determine how the other dominoes fall on the back end.
—Jonas Siegel, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
As many fans have pointed out online, this marks brand-new territory for the franchise, which could come with many pros and cons depending on how everything shakes out.
—Kelsie Gibson, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2025
Salt Lake City is a two-hour flight from Seattle and less than that from both Los Angeles and Las Vegas, where the Athletics will presumably be by the time all this shakes out.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 7 Sep. 2025
Here’s how the IRS budget generally shakes out.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shakes out
Verb
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Kelly Dever is that rarest of exceptions that proves the rule.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
13 Sep. 2025
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Her strained relationship with her mother has little nuance, and the unsatisfying, abrupt ending that leaves the two still at odds proves curiously sour for an otherwise gentle movie.—
Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
13 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The review comes out in 1983 just as The Witches nears publication and a lunch is convened with his ex-mistress, new girlfriend and his British book publisher and sales director at his American publisher, who push him to make an apology.—
Caitlin Huston,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Sep. 2025
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Watching or listening to a case unfold, and then feeling that relief when the truth comes out or justice is served.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Shakes out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shakes%20out. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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