PLAYING OUT Synonyms: 63 Similar and Opposite Words

playing out

verb

Definition of playing out next

present participle of play out

as in spending

to make complete use of we've finally played out the leftovers from that huge holiday meal

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Recent Examples of playing out And look how that little narrative is playing out in Minneapolis right now. —

Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 24 Apr. 2026 And with some options strategies now playing out over a single day, the line between trading and betting can get thin in a hurry. —

Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 Apr. 2026 Determined to keep a similar scenario from playing out again, organizations everywhere are rolling out new algorithms to replace RSA and elliptic curves. —

Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 17 Apr. 2026 The event is at the heart of a sprawling legal battle, playing out across different fronts in Los Angeles and Australia, overshadowing The Deb, a feel-good movie about outback teens attending a debutante ball. —

Jake Kanter, Deadline, 17 Apr. 2026 After years making other kinds of headlines in their community, their split is now playing out publicly as Mike fights to have the court enforce the couple’s prenuptial agreement, which would pay Constance a lump sum of $1 million. —

David Chiu, PEOPLE, 16 Apr. 2026 The Mets’ offense seems to be boom-or-bust without a lot of in-between, and the defense is still making adjustments with so many players playing out of position. —

Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 10 Apr. 2026 Anthropic’s legal challenge to the Department of Defense supply chain risk designation is still playing out in court after two opposing rulings on opposite sides of the country. —

Samantha Subin, CNBC, 10 Apr. 2026 The emergency docket, which is made up of appeals seeking quick intervention from the justices in cases that are still playing out in lower courts, is itself a source of disagreement among the justices. —

Lindsay Whitehurst, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026

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The 23-year-old, boxed out of the Yankees’ Opening Day roster despite spending the entire 2025 season in the majors, was called up from Triple-A on Monday.

— Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 29 Apr. 2026
Since making their water landing, the three Americans and one Canadian who set out on the lunar journey have been busy, spending recent weeks reuniting with family, debriefing the mission and making media appearances – all while adapting to life back on Earth.

— Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026