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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The media take an interest, but the volcanologists have learned how damaging it can be when volcanic uncertainties morph into a full-blown dispute, played out in public.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
The haggling has certainly played out more publicly than most negotiations.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
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
The final act of this family drama played out at the annual meeting of the American Physical Society, held on Lawrence’s home turf in Berkeley in mid-June.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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