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prove out

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  1. Succeed, turn out well, as in Farm-raised trout has proved out so well that the fish industry plans to experiment with other species. [Mid-1900s]

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WSJLI: I know that’s hard for brands to do, when so many marketing teams are under pressure to look at the data to prove out everything they’re doing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

They also said they believe a complete overhaul of the business "will prove out of reach".

From BBC • Aug. 24, 2025

Some CCS projects have also failed to prove out the technology's readiness.

From Reuters • Nov. 22, 2023

First SpaceX needs to prove out its rocket.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 18, 2023

Mr. Vigil had contrived to prove, out of the mouths of inimical witnesses, the very reverse of that which they had been summoned thither to assert.

From The Three Clerks by Trollope, Anthony

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