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as in overlook
a high place or structure from which a wide view is possible
the cliff-top outlook provides an expansive view of the sleepy village down in the valley
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as in perspective
a way of looking at or thinking about something
tried to keep a cheerful outlook on life
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Recent Examples of outlook
Netflix earlier this year raised its 2025 outlook for revenue to be between $43.5 billion and $44.5 billion (up $500 million from its prior forecast) and for operating margin to be 29%, up one percentage point from its previous guidance.
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Todd Spangler, Variety, 16 Apr. 2025
OpenAI is working on X-like social network (The Verge)
Crypto Corner
US crypto policy faces international criticism
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Welcome to Crypto Corner, a daily feature focused on digital currency and its outlook in Washington.
—Miranda Nazzaro, The Hill, 15 Apr. 2025
Tariffs dampen Wall Street’s outlook for the economy Wall Street will look to continue a rally, although uncertainty is abound.
—John Towfighi, CNN Money, 14 Apr. 2025
Taken together, Goldman now expects a 35% chance of recession in the next 12 months, up from 20% in the prior outlook.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 31 Mar. 2025
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Todd Spangler, Variety, 16 Apr. 2025
OpenAI is working on X-like social network (The Verge)
Crypto Corner
US crypto policy faces international criticism
© AP
Welcome to Crypto Corner, a daily feature focused on digital currency and its outlook in Washington.
—Miranda Nazzaro, The Hill, 15 Apr. 2025
Tariffs dampen Wall Street’s outlook for the economy Wall Street will look to continue a rally, although uncertainty is abound.
—John Towfighi, CNN Money, 14 Apr. 2025
Taken together, Goldman now expects a 35% chance of recession in the next 12 months, up from 20% in the prior outlook.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 31 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outlook
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There will be four bridge overlooks that offer shaded resting spots with seating.—
Yacob Reyes,
Axios,
24 Mar. 2025
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Best View There are overlooks every couple of miles along Skyline, but the views really stack up around the midpoint as the road reaches its highest elevations.—
Graham Averill,
Outside Online,
7 Mar. 2025
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Volunteering can also bring diverse perspectives to the table that a nonprofit might have otherwise missed out on.—
Turcois Ominek,
Forbes.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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From the European perspective, leaders including French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer have sought U.S. guarantees for Ukraine's long-term security, as well as help with funding any eventual reconstruction of the devastated nation.—
Alex Leff,
NPR,
23 Apr. 2025
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The rule includes everything from followers, likes, views, and comments.—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
27 Apr. 2025
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Madrid have long been publicly vocal whenever the club feels officiating decisions have not gone their way, and club president Florentino Perez has been critical of what many at the Bernabeu view as refereeing bias against their side.—
Ali Rampling,
New York Times,
26 Apr. 2025
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Caliber 135 is one of the legendary movements that entered and eventually won multiple prizes in the famous observatory chronometer competitions held in Neuchâtel and Geneva, Switzerland, as well as Kew Teddington in England, and Besançon, France, in the first part of the 20th century.—
Carol Besler,
Forbes.com,
13 Apr. 2025
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What's more, the observatory's images will feed into computer systems that will constantly be comparing the new images to previous ones.—
Nell Greenfieldboyce,
NPR,
9 Apr. 2025
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Harvard University took the extraordinary step of suing the Trump administration on April 21, 2025, claiming that the pressure campaign mounted on the school by the president and his Cabinet to force viewpoint diversity on campus violated the Constitution’s guarantees of free speech.—
Daniel Hall,
The Conversation,
24 Apr. 2025
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This audit shall be performed and the same steps taken to establish viewpoint diversity every year during the period in which reforms are being implemented, which shall be at least until the end of 2028. Reforming Programs with Egregious Records of Antisemitism or Other Bias.—
Kayla Jimenez,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025
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So Pratt stayed on the lookout to make sure none of his castmates — who include Housewives Cynthia Bailey and Kim Zolciak-Biermann, Bachelor Nation’s Demi Burnett, Clare Crawley and Susan Noles, The Apprentice’s Omarosa and Dancing with the Stars pro Val Chmerkovskiy — escaped.—
Dana Rose Falcone,
People.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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Every step of the way, stay on the lookout: Are there problems hiding around the corner or just below the surface?—
Bruce Tulgan,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
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Construction on the tower is now expected to complete in 2027, CNN reported.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Apr. 2025
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Progress in solving California’s unquestioned housing shortage can often be measured by the number of permits issued for new construction or conversions of existing office towers.—
Thomas Elias,
Mercury News,
25 Apr. 2025
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“Outlook.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outlook. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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