Examples of outbound in a Sentence
The airline has canceled all outbound flights.
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Worse, the outbound flight’s baggage allowance was listed at 23kg (50 pounds), not the 70 pounds Orbitz stated.
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Christopher Elliott, Mercury News, 2 Mar. 2026
The international company ran into financial problems that coincided with a Chinese government decision to restrict the flow of outbound investment.
—Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2026
Seattle’s group looks much the same outside of an outbound transfer for 20-year-old Obed Vargas and a free-agent signing of former Minnesota United midfielder Hassani Dotson.
—Braidon Nourse, Denver Post, 21 Feb. 2026
Metra suspended all inbound and outbound trail on its Southwest Service line after the derailment, which damaged tracks Metra uses.
—Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2026
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Christopher Elliott, Mercury News, 2 Mar. 2026
The international company ran into financial problems that coincided with a Chinese government decision to restrict the flow of outbound investment.
—Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2026
Seattle’s group looks much the same outside of an outbound transfer for 20-year-old Obed Vargas and a free-agent signing of former Minnesota United midfielder Hassani Dotson.
—Braidon Nourse, Denver Post, 21 Feb. 2026
Metra suspended all inbound and outbound trail on its Southwest Service line after the derailment, which damaged tracks Metra uses.
—Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2026
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“Outbound.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outbound. Accessed 6 Mar. 2026.
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outbound
adjective
out·bound
ˈau̇t-ˌbau̇nd 
: outward bound
outbound traffic
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