bear out
verb
bore out; borne out also born out; bearing out; bears out
: confirm, substantiate
a theory borne out by data
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Examples of bear out in a Sentence
the newly discovered papers bore out the rumors about the president's personal life
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Grok was born out of Musk’s contention that other tech companies were imposing too many politically correct guardrails on their AI chatbots.
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Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 28 May 2024
It was kind of born out of the nostalgia for my family’s tradition growing up.
—Essence, 20 May 2024
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Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 28 May 2024
It was kind of born out of the nostalgia for my family’s tradition growing up.
—Essence, 20 May 2024
See all Example Sentences for bear out
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“Bear out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bear%20out. Accessed 2 Jun. 2024.
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