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panning out

VERB

come to pass; succeed

Synonyms

STRONGEST

turn out

WEAK

click come out culminate eventuate go go over happen net prove out result work out yield

Antonyms

WEAK

fail not happen

Example Sentences

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Some companies canceled moonshots that weren’t panning out, Equilar found.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 17, 2026

But Scott Faber of the Environmental Working Group said he doesn't see such strategies panning out.

From Barron's • Jan. 15, 2026

Investors will also be anxious for insight from management as to how it sees earnings panning out in 2026.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 13, 2025

“I was so aware that zooming or panning out will make people feel a certain way about seeing this person. I felt the responsibility.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2025

They had met half a dozen miners sailing back and forth on the river and from these had learned that everything was "booming," and that strikes were panning out big.

From To Alaska for Gold The Fortune Hunters of the Yukon by Stratemeyer, Edward