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as in to succeed
to turn out as planned or desired
the investment scheme didn't quite pan out
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Recent Examples of pan out
How his staff is constructed around that will be another one of his first immediate tasks, although it is expected that the front office will also have a say as well in how the crop of assistant coaches pans out.
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Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Jan. 2025
But claims of using AI to ensure national security or cure cancer are sky-high promises that may or may not pan out.
—Jibin Joseph, PCMAG, 22 Jan. 2025
This deal is seemingly priced to perfection — which could pan out well for Cotiviti, but only if the integration of Edifecs is successful and the cost synergies outweigh any potential regulatory complexities.
—Claire Rychlewski, Axios, 11 Feb. 2025
It was terminated one year later as one of several advertising deals between colleges and sportsbooks that didn’t pan out.
—Eric Jackson, Sportico.com, 5 Feb. 2025
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Decades later, the election of Barack Obama symbolized the progress that Lincoln and King had fought for, proving that change, though often slow, is always possible.—
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That calming presence proved invaluable during a trip to Botswana.—
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Apart from viewers’ constant fascination with the secret lives of the rich and famous, The White Lotus has also succeeded in portraying a vibrant, sometimes quirky resort aesthetic.—
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In 2020, Just and her daughter Juliette launched the Poker Power platform to teach women and girls how to play the game, and how to use the lessons from poker to succeed professionally.—
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This goes for the show's host, Kevin O'Connor, and its core cast of experts — Tom Silva, Richard Trethewey and Jenn Nawada — and for members of production who are behind the scenes.—
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The Canucks must finally go about actually accumulating more talent, as opposed to shuffling it about and playing whack-a-mole with their aggregate talent level — exchanging, for example, enviable centre depth (but a patchwork blue line) for enviable blue-line depth (but patchwork centre depth).—
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Utah went over seven minutes without scoring a point.—
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The Europeans began exploring what kind of force might be needed about a year ago, but the sense of urgency has grown amid concern that U.S. President Donald Trump might go over their heads, and possibly even Ukraine's, to clinch a deal with Putin.—
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If this newsletter isn't already getting conveniently delivered to your inbox, click here to subscribe.—
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Marner didn’t click with McDavid initially, lost his spot on that line, and ended up logging just under 13 minutes against Finland, the second fewest of any Canadian.—
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Growth requires innovation, which in turn depends on experimentation—and experiments usually don’t work out perfectly the first time around.—
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One afternoon here in spring training, Lee sits at his locker in the Detroit Tigers’ clubhouse, still a little wide-eyed at how all this has worked out.—
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“Pan out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pan%20out. Accessed 2 Mar. 2025.
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