as in to spend
to make complete use of
we've finally played out the leftovers from that huge holiday meal
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Recent Examples of play out
Don’t miss the clever moves that got Golden here, including the late play out of a timeout that got struggling star Walter Clayton Jr., open for a 3-pointer off a double screen, buried to tie it.
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Joe Rexrode, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
The feud between families is played out on camera for the world to see.
—Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 7 Apr. 2025
Indeed, still playing out in the lower courts is a similar challenge in Maryland, where 19 states and the District of Columbia sued to reinstate employees at more than 20 different agencies, and so far have partially prevailed.
—Christina Gatti, NPR, 8 Apr. 2025
Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, was inadvertently added to the chat and saw the whole discussion play out, later reporting on the incident via the magazine.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2025
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Joe Rexrode, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
The feud between families is played out on camera for the world to see.
—Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 7 Apr. 2025
Indeed, still playing out in the lower courts is a similar challenge in Maryland, where 19 states and the District of Columbia sued to reinstate employees at more than 20 different agencies, and so far have partially prevailed.
—Christina Gatti, NPR, 8 Apr. 2025
Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, was inadvertently added to the chat and saw the whole discussion play out, later reporting on the incident via the magazine.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for play out
Verb
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Deep Sea Hues Image Panerai spent nearly three years perfecting the blue of its ceramic, a matte color that has no official name.—
Roberta Naas,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2025
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Take a look at these old Miami favorites April 4, 2025 7:13 AM Miami Beach A mafia boss spent his final years in Miami Beach.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
7 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Melissa tells Shauna that, after learning about adult Natalie’s death on the grounds of Lottie’s doomed cult, she became consumed with guilt and paranoia; after all, her own wife doesn’t know that Melissa knew her mother, let alone probably witnessed her death.—
Abby Monteil,
Them.,
28 Mar. 2025
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Early in his career, Ben Lively’s emotions consumed him.—
Zack Meisel,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Until then, the negative effects of import taxes such as rising unemployment and a slowing economy will drain trillions of dollars from the revenues the administration hopes to raise.—
Howard Gleckman,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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Former President Joe Biden drained the reserve of more than 40% of its capacity when gas prices reached record highs, averaging more than $5 a gallon across the U.S. in June 2022.—
Dan McCaleb | The Center Square,
The Washington Examiner,
7 Apr. 2025
Verb
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His aunt is exhausted, unsteady on her feet, her eyes red.—
David Bezmozgis,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2025
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The game lasts about two minutes in total before the AI calls it a day, exhausted from generating the worst gaming experience possible.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
6 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The application asks the justices to lift a judge’s order enabling eight Democratic states suing over the block to immediately draw down $65 million in funds.—
Lexi Lonas Cochran,
The Hill,
31 Mar. 2025
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United have held their RCF for a while, but didn’t first draw down on it until Q2 in the 2020-21 season.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
The Athletic,
18 Mar. 2025
Verb
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However, the four teams in question failed to comply with the revised curfew, leading them to use up one of the four exemptions teams receive in a season.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
21 Mar. 2025
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But that pot will be used up in 2027, and doubts have grown recently about the Trump administration’s commitment to European allies.—
Geir Moulson,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Standardization can also reduce due diligence burdens.—
The Sorenson Impact Institute,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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Higher temperatures may also reduce the sugar content of maple sap, meaning producers will need to collect and boil more sap to produce the same quantities of syrup.—
Nina Foster,
JSTOR Daily,
28 Mar. 2025
Verb
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For every celebrity with a vape in hand, journalists in the crowd absorbed George Clooney’s call to arms under a sobering haze of scrutiny.—
Antonio Ferme,
Variety,
5 Apr. 2025
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Place an open box of baking soda in the fridge to absorb odors.—
Halee Miller Van Ryswyk,
Better Homes & Gardens,
5 Apr. 2025
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