bear out

Example Sentences

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State budget projections are based on assumptions about the future that often don’t bear out, leaving his choices exposed to criticism that he went too far, didn’t do enough, and everything in between.

From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2026

New York’s gradually improving crime statistics bear out Ms. Tisch’s approach.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 19, 2025

Studies bear out the various health benefits of money.

From Slate • Jan. 1, 2025

Before his 1994 fall, his success seemed to bear out that hypothesis.

From Salon • Apr. 13, 2024

Through the portcullis there came a sorrowful howling to bear out Sir Grummore’s statement, as it had been thirty couple of hounds baying the moon.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White