as in result
a condition or occurrence traceable to a cause
one expected outcome of hard work is greater success
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Recent Examples of outcome
Whichever team winds up losing can point to a number of moments that could have changed the outcome.
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Mark Anderson, Twin Cities, 10 June 2026
The standard must be whether outcomes justified the investment, promises were fulfilled, and measurable results were achieved.
—Michele Steeb, Oc Register, 10 June 2026
News of the murder trial outcome for the 19-year-old set some off, while others believed justice was served.
—Marvin Hurst, CBS News, 10 June 2026
For that kind of spend, the outcome data is underwhelming.
—Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 10 June 2026
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Mark Anderson, Twin Cities, 10 June 2026
The standard must be whether outcomes justified the investment, promises were fulfilled, and measurable results were achieved.
—Michele Steeb, Oc Register, 10 June 2026
News of the murder trial outcome for the 19-year-old set some off, while others believed justice was served.
—Marvin Hurst, CBS News, 10 June 2026
For that kind of spend, the outcome data is underwhelming.
—Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 10 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outcome
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In Geneva, Switzerland’s second-largest city and a hub of United Nations institutions and humanitarian groups, early results showed about two-thirds of voters in the region opposed the measure.—
Jamey Keaten,
Los Angeles Times,
15 June 2026
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Sunday’s result will only increase that confidence.—
Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 June 2026
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This is because, as the authors of the study note, people holding grudges tend to feel a sense of righteousness surrounding their hurt, as well as with their experience of the resultant grudge itself.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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Both aircraft were destroyed in the resultant crash with fire causing the death of four crew members on both planes.—
Jerry Shnay,
Chicago Tribune,
1 June 2026
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The decision was partially reversed, with the troops redirected to Poland, but the episode illustrated what diplomats describe as the real security consequences of embarrassing or crossing the president.—
Franco Ordoñez,
NPR,
14 June 2026
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Amesh Adalja, a senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, says the current outbreak shows what consequences of that narrower focus have been and why rarer Ebola species cannot be ignored.—
Paul Adepoju,
Scientific American,
14 June 2026
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Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier sued OpenAI earlier this month, alleging that the company knowingly released an unsafe product, namely ChatGPT, that could harm users.—
Ashley Capoot,
CNBC,
13 June 2026
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Our staff and testers A beauty product is a personal purchase.—
Jailynn Taylor,
Allure,
13 June 2026
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“Outcome.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outcome. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.
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