played out
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See play out .
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Exhausted, worn out, as in This was the third trip the mules had made, and they were utterly played out . [Mid-1800s]
Example Sentences
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This is how things played out at OpenAI in … 2019.
From Slate ● Sep. 15, 2026
“Those have largely now played out, and we don’t have nearly the buffers in the system that we did when it began.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
A similar scenario played out in 2025 when the UK experienced a summer of record-breaking heat followed by storms and floods in the autumn.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
The play call played out just as they’d prepared.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
The event included all the big ideas and some of the same players as Reggie’s trial, but played out on a much bigger stage.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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