play out

Example Sentences

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In coal country, we watched this cycle play out for a century.

From Salon

Typically, that meant lifting early injunctions that federal district judges had issued to keep the policies on hold while the lawsuits played out.

From The Wall Street Journal

Scharf said he expects AI’s impact on staffing levels to be “extremely significant,” though it could take years to play out.

From The Wall Street Journal

A similar dynamic is playing out in exchange-traded funds, which offer investors exposure to precious metals without having to store them.

From The Wall Street Journal

But how things play out depends in part on the outlook for global artificial-intelligence spending, and if the AI-stock bubble bursts in the U.S.

From Barron's