fanned (out)

verb

past tense of fan (out)
1
as in expanded
to arrange the parts of (something) over a wider area the accordionist smoothly fanned out the bellows of his instrument as he played

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2
as in radiated
to extend outwards from or as if from a central point most of the city's subway lines fan out from this central station

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fanned (out)
  1. expanded
  2. radiated
  3. extended
  4. derived
  5. opened
  6. branched
  7. unfolded
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  • Through the development and community adoption of RPO, RoboParty expanded its technical capabilities to cover core actuators, robot bodies, motion control, dexterous manipulation and robotics software systems.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Trump has expanded that all around the room, stacking the walls with portraits including those of George Washington, Andrew Jackson and Benjamin Franklin.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of expanded
Verb
  • As Edie, the sister of one of Brando’s fellow dock workers who is murdered, Saint radiated a palpable chemistry with her costar, the characters’ burgeoning romance undeniable.
    — Tim Grierson, Rolling Stone, 6 Oct. 2026
  • The jet carries 500,000 times the energy radiated by the sun and explains the mystery of how feeding black holes become such powerful cosmic particle accelerators and generate such high-energy gamma-ray photons.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of radiated
Verb
  • Georgia and Ohio temporarily suspended state taxes on gasoline and regular diesel, while Indiana extended its suspension on gasoline sales taxes.
    — Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Kaʻimi Fairbairn's 39-yard field goal on Houston's next drive extended the lead to 13-6.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of extended
Verb
  • One key objection was the mature tone of the narrative, in which the child protagonist is directly confronted and endangered by the evils derived from fascist ideologies.
    — Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Phytochemicals derived from the plant are used in manufacturing cosmetics.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of derived
Verb
  • In June, the group opened a series of arena dates ahead of Turnpike Troubadours and Muscadine Bloodline.
    — Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Sayegh, who owns the five-screen cinema in Cranford, near to New York City, will mark the centennial with a throwback screening of Padlocked, the silent film that opened the theater’s doors on November 29, 1926, with an accompanying organ player.
    — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of opened
Verb
  • Just east of the creek – which was crossed by a stone bridge built in 1896 – Monticello's main street branched north from the highway near Gunn Ranch.
    — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Swooping in Xtracycle got its start providing cargo trailers for mountain bikes and then branched into dedicated cargo bikes.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of branched
Verb
  • Cohen says the past year has unfolded a fresh post-traumatic process in her native country.
    — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2026
  • That part of the writing process unfolded over years and relied on a lot of different strategies.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of unfolded
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“Fanned (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fanned%20%28out%29. Accessed 10 Oct. 2026.

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