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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
When the surplus was exposed as a phantom, the state was stuck with a chronic income/outgo gap that persists.
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Dan Walters, Mercury News, 18 Oct. 2025
When the surplus was exposed as a phantom, the state was stuck with a chronic income/outgo gap that persists.
—Dan Walters, Oc Register, 17 Oct. 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, Mercury News, 18 Oct. 2025
When the surplus was exposed as a phantom, the state was stuck with a chronic income/outgo gap that persists.
—Dan Walters, Oc Register, 17 Oct. 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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Different food hubs help farmers cut expenses by providing a variety of resources, such as warehousing, transportation and delivery, education, marketing, contract management and some even provide supplies to farmers.—
Cristina LaRue,
Arkansas Online,
9 Nov. 2025
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However, data provided by the Association of American Medical Colleges shows that cost-of-living increases, not tuition, drove up the expense of studying medicine in recent years.—
Tribune News Service,
Oc Register,
8 Nov. 2025
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Travelers who are planning to fly over the next week are encouraged to check the flight status before leaving home, arrive early for longer than usual security lines, and consider backup options before the departure day.—
Michael Cappetta,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Nov. 2025
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Her departure adds to a growing list of Democrats, including former House speaker Nancy Pelosi who plan to retire after this term.—
Adeola Adeosun,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Nov. 2025
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Many young consumers, already juggling high costs for food, rent, and education, and crushed by an unsympathetic labor market, are entering adulthood with the self-care budget of a socialite twice their age.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
9 Nov. 2025
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The Water Utilities has to study demographics and costs once the first two questions are answered.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
9 Nov. 2025
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In 2016, as the Commonwealth moved to censure the Maldives, New Delhi provided diplomatic cover by making the case for engagement over sanctions and supporting the Maldives’ preemptive withdrawal from the organization.—
MUHIB RAHMAN,
Foreign Affairs,
12 Nov. 2025
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Joe Biden’s seemed to end in August, 2021, when he was perceived as having botched the withdrawal from Afghanistan.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
11 Nov. 2025
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The Federal Reserve estimates tariffs are contributing five-tenths or six-tenths to the core personal consumption expenditures price index, the central bank's preferred measure of inflation, Fed Chairman Jerome Powell said last week.—
Courtney Reagan,
CNBC,
5 Nov. 2025
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Bonds ask for a specific dollar amount and can be used for capital expenditures such as new schools and facility buildings, technology infrastructure, safety improvements, school buses and equipment.—
Stephanie Innes,
AZCentral.com,
4 Nov. 2025
Noun
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But that group struggled to contain the Magic in the early going.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
8 Nov. 2025
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The Spurs have looked like one of the best teams so far, as Victor Wembanyama has been dominant in the early going of his third season.—
Tyler Everett,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Nov. 2025
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Set in contemporary London, Fuze unfolds after an unexploded World War II bomb is unearthed at a busy construction site, forcing a massive citywide evacuation.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
6 Nov. 2025
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During the 1993 Topanga Canyon fire, neighbor Sean Penn lost his home, and Madigan remembers the harrowing evacuation with her then 9-year-old, Lily.—
David Canfield,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Nov. 2025
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Business leaders say that such policies risk accelerating an exodus of companies, diminishing the city’s commercial tax base, and ultimately affecting services and jobs essential to millions of New Yorkers.—
Hollie Silverman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Nov. 2025
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For enslaved people, the Revolution was a fierce campaign to stage the largest exodus out of bondage since biblical times.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Outgo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outgo. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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