turned out
Example Sentences
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As I reported in 2019, many of those arrangements turned out to be exaggerated or bogus, or predated Trump’s claim.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
“Historically when investors are so aggressively borrowing, it has not turned out well,” he said.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026
Experts thought 2025 was going to be a very bad year for heat-related deaths, but the numbers who died turned out to be much lower than expected - roughly half the 3,039 predicted.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
It turned out farmers had also been dosing their cattle to enable them to plow through the heat of the midday sun.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
Because it turned out that he was good at delivering meals, at making sure the diabetics never got the kosher boxes or the vegetarians the meat ones.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
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