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
Finding out how the season played out last year in your area can help inform your hunting this season.
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Matthew Every, Outdoor Life, 5 Mar. 2025
All of them made career comebacks with heart-warming, bounce-back stories, many playing out on Oscar night.
—Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
The New York Sirens have slightly benefitted in establishing their home at New Jersey’s Prudential Center after playing out of three venues last season.
—John Wawrow, Chicago Tribune, 3 Mar. 2025
But what’s really intriguing is how this all plays out on social media.
—Shelby Stewart, Essence, 3 Mar. 2025
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Matthew Every, Outdoor Life, 5 Mar. 2025
All of them made career comebacks with heart-warming, bounce-back stories, many playing out on Oscar night.
—Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
The New York Sirens have slightly benefitted in establishing their home at New Jersey’s Prudential Center after playing out of three venues last season.
—John Wawrow, Chicago Tribune, 3 Mar. 2025
But what’s really intriguing is how this all plays out on social media.
—Shelby Stewart, Essence, 3 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for play out
Verb
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Edman spent much of the winter seemingly pegged to be the club’s everyday center fielder, with a chance to work into the infield mix occasionally.—
Fabian Ardaya,
The Athletic,
3 Mar. 2025
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He’s spent his entire life alongside Bob in recording studios and concerts.—
Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
2 Mar. 2025
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Data centers supporting these operations also consume vast amounts of water for cooling purposes, with each inference of 20–50 queries on a large language model using approximately 500 milliliters of water.—
Monica Sanders,
Forbes,
4 Mar. 2025
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One in three consumes four or more drinks per week.—
Kristen Mascia,
Parents,
4 Mar. 2025
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Fudd then drained her first 3-pointer after an 0-for-2 start, and Strong followed her up with four straight points off another pair of Marquette turnovers.—
Emily Adams,
Hartford Courant,
2 Mar. 2025
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That fall and winter, constant power outages and air-raid alerts left them drained and on edge.—
Michael Holtz,
The New Yorker,
28 Feb. 2025
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But by 2011, they were exhausted by seven solid years of touring and recording.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
1 Mar. 2025
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Like state government, municipalities also have exhausted most of their emergency federal pandemic aid.—
Jessika Harkay,
Hartford Courant,
28 Feb. 2025
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Some incoming officials in the Trump administration have suggested drawing down American troop levels in Europe, which serve as a bulwark against Russia, so Washington can focus its military efforts on defending against China.—
David Pierson,
New York Times,
24 Feb. 2025
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The negotiators, led by the Biden administration but also including France and others, were able to succeed because both sides had a clear interest in drawing down the conflict.—
Hussein Ibish,
The Atlantic,
28 Nov. 2024
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The county has been dipping into its cash reserves to balance its budget, which officials have previously said will be used up by 2027 or 2028 if spending or revenue doesn’t change.—
Molly Morrow,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Mar. 2025
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Some educators have moved to add more oral examinations or in-class writing assignments, but that uses up precious classroom time.—
Ina Fried,
Axios,
4 Mar. 2025
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The venue renovations have significantly increased hospitality and premium offerings with new pubs, clubs, restaurants and seating, while reducing the number of suites from 70 to 40.—
Kurt Badenhausen,
Sportico.com,
4 Mar. 2025
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Or has your life together reduced him to, as in your letter, a list of maddening attributes?—
James Parker,
The Atlantic,
4 Mar. 2025
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This became the hope, and the promise, of comedy as standup exploded in popularity in the latter half of the twentieth century, its cadences absorbed into other realms of American entertainment, from late night to the sitcom.—
Lauren Michele Jackson,
The New Yorker,
27 Feb. 2025
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Similarly, 300-unit market-rate buildings have lower costs per unit than 40-unit buildings that absorb the cost of federal funds and the inefficient system that is LIHTC.—
Marisa Novara,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Feb. 2025
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“Play out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/play%20out. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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