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

Statistics on their par-saving success bear out their confidence.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

After weeks of unsuccessfully setting out caramel- and cherry-flavored bait and noisemakers in the hopes of flushing the bear out, it seemed like all of the efforts had paid off last week.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 26, 2025

Studies bear out the various health benefits of money.

From Slate • Jan. 1, 2025

But what Kaz Czarnecki intuited, and what the years would bear out, was this: Mary Jackson had the soul of an engineer.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly