launch out
verb
launched out; launching out; launches out
: to begin doing something that is new and very different from what one has been doing
He left the company and launched out on his own.
Examples of launch out in a Sentence
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Google and Amazon were both launched out of their founders’ garages, and Microsoft was born out of a motel in New Mexico.
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Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 12 Apr. 2026
On April 1, a crew of four astronauts launched out of Kennedy Space Center in eastern Florida on an Orion spacecraft as part of NASA’s Artemis II mission — the latest flight in a program aimed at returning humans to the lunar surface for the first time in more than half a century.
—Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
The problem took a potential March launch out of play for Artemis 2, which will send four astronauts on a roughly 10-day flight around the moon.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 3 Mar. 2026
Campus Guardian Angel, launched out of Texas in 2023, promises a rapid drone response to an active school shooter.
—Emily Greene-Colozzi, The Conversation, 18 Dec. 2025
To the producers of the film, which launched out of TIFF, this story represents more than just the sort of quality adult storytelling that isn’t made enough these days.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 7 Nov. 2025
Abraham is also a cofounder of Hims & Hers, a telehealth platform that similarly launched out of Atomic and went public in 2021.
—Noor Lobad, Footwear News, 29 Oct. 2025
Others were themselves former employees of scam centers who had squirrelled away enough to launch out on their own.
—Snigdha Poonam, The Dial, 28 Oct. 2025
In August, FanDuel announced a partnership with CME Group, which owns four exchanges registered with the CFTC, though a formal product has not yet launched out of the collaboration.
—Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 21 Oct. 2025
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Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 12 Apr. 2026
On April 1, a crew of four astronauts launched out of Kennedy Space Center in eastern Florida on an Orion spacecraft as part of NASA’s Artemis II mission — the latest flight in a program aimed at returning humans to the lunar surface for the first time in more than half a century.
—Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
The problem took a potential March launch out of play for Artemis 2, which will send four astronauts on a roughly 10-day flight around the moon.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 3 Mar. 2026
Campus Guardian Angel, launched out of Texas in 2023, promises a rapid drone response to an active school shooter.
—Emily Greene-Colozzi, The Conversation, 18 Dec. 2025
To the producers of the film, which launched out of TIFF, this story represents more than just the sort of quality adult storytelling that isn’t made enough these days.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 7 Nov. 2025
Abraham is also a cofounder of Hims & Hers, a telehealth platform that similarly launched out of Atomic and went public in 2021.
—Noor Lobad, Footwear News, 29 Oct. 2025
Others were themselves former employees of scam centers who had squirrelled away enough to launch out on their own.
—Snigdha Poonam, The Dial, 28 Oct. 2025
In August, FanDuel announced a partnership with CME Group, which owns four exchanges registered with the CFTC, though a formal product has not yet launched out of the collaboration.
—Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 21 Oct. 2025
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“Launch out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/launch%20out. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.
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