pan out
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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A small Australian biotech started to test it 15 years ago as a treatment for retinitis pigmentosa, a group of rare genetic eye diseases, although that research did not pan out.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
They will be back to full strength here and we know how this game will pan out - Paraguay will defend deep and it will be up to Germany to break them down.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
Let me just give the strict legal answer, and maybe we can pan out from there.
From Slate ● Jun. 9, 2026
If the new acquisitions pan out, vaccines could become a core focus joining diabetes, obesity, cancer, immunology and neurodegeneration.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026
She put the balls in a pan out in the shed, where they would freeze and be good to eat all winter.
From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder
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