1
as in expense
a payment made in the course of achieving a result
last year the film company's outgoes exceeded its revenues by a wide margin
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as in departure
the act of leaving a place
the outgo of the town's only remaining manufacturing plant was a disaster
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Recent Examples of outgo
Both of those factors, however, underscore a consistent trend in budgets Newsom has proposed and signed during the last six years — projections of income and outgo that miss the mark, often by many billions of dollars, thus undermining the credibility of the governor’s financial depictions.
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Dan Walters, Oc Register, 22 May 2025
As the administration now concedes, the harsh reality is that the state faces multibillion-dollar gaps indefinitely — at least $10 billion a year — between income and outgo, thanks largely to the flurry of spending Newsom and Legislature embraced on the $97.5 billion surplus presumption.
—Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 19 Mar. 2025
And remember, every budget always comes down to just two things: income and outgo.
—Chicago Tribune, 12 Oct. 2024
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Dan Walters, Oc Register, 22 May 2025
As the administration now concedes, the harsh reality is that the state faces multibillion-dollar gaps indefinitely — at least $10 billion a year — between income and outgo, thanks largely to the flurry of spending Newsom and Legislature embraced on the $97.5 billion surplus presumption.
—Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 19 Mar. 2025
And remember, every budget always comes down to just two things: income and outgo.
—Chicago Tribune, 12 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outgo
Noun
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Independent expenditures are political expenses made for or against an election issue or candidate, but with no coordination for the politician or campaign.—
Taylor Seely,
AZCentral.com,
27 Sep. 2025
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Despite having full-time employment, many struggle to save enough for housing due to stagnant wages and rising expenses.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
27 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The Rehabilitation A week after Manes’ departure, Johnson posted the image of himself posing with Bukele and their families in front of a Christmas tree.—
T. Christian Miller,
ProPublica,
30 Sep. 2025
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Those cuts may see the departure of similar numbers of full-time equivalents as in the past two rounds – approximately 500 and 1,500.—
Chris Sellers,
The Conversation,
29 Sep. 2025
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Safety, improved traffic flow and cost-effectiveness.—
Eric D. Lawrence,
USA Today,
28 Sep. 2025
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Seeking a faster, more affordable option, researchers at Sungkyunkwan University in Korea are developing a technique that can create patient-specific bone implants without the high costs or delays of traditional methods.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The portions of the plan that include Israeli withdrawal, the release of hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners, and the provision of mass humanitarian aid to Gaza are similar to past agreements, including the last one that collapsed after Israel violated its terms in March 2025.—
Asher Kaufman,
The Conversation,
30 Sep. 2025
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Another came with the withdrawal of Tino Livramento, the England defender, who left the field on a stretcher, obviously distressed, with what looked like a bad knee injury.—
Chris Waugh,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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Investors saw this in quarterly earnings reports from Club holdings Meta Platforms, Amazon, and other Big Tech names, which raised their capital expenditures.—
Morgan Chittum,
CNBC,
1 Oct. 2025
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Some 84 percent of the defense budget is classified and actual military spending can be hidden within other types of expenditure, Reuters reported.—
Brendan Cole,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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When Jean and her fiancé arrived at the Jamesons’, the Juneteenth goings on were already in full swing.—
David Wright Faladé,
New Yorker,
28 Sep. 2025
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Cooper is getting substantially more rest (71% play time last year, 63% so far this year) in the early going, and Bonitto’s playing time has ticked down, too, from 61% in 2024 to 58% so far this fall.—
Parker Gabriel,
Denver Post,
23 Sep. 2025
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Residents who were not registered for the alert system or other methods never received evacuation messages.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
25 Sep. 2025
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The threat caused the evacuation of a City Council meeting and a shift to temporary virtual sessions.—
Jose R. Gonzalez,
AZCentral.com,
25 Sep. 2025
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As for whether the federal government will ever step in to help staunch the bleeding of the mass production exodus, Lowe adds himself to a growing list of names advocating for such a move as well.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
25 Sep. 2025
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The band joined an exodus that includes Hotline TNT, Young Widows, Godspeed You!—
Jazz Monroe,
Pitchfork,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Outgo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outgo. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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