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likely to seek or enjoy the company of others
a salesman whose aggressively outgoing personality could sometimes be overbearing
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Recent Examples of outgoing
Now safe, sleek and healthy, Toothless has blossomed into a happy, outgoing boy with soft fur and sweet meows.
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Maryanne Dell, Oc Register, 13 Sep. 2025
Burroughs, the outgoing District 2 at-large commissioner, raised $29,885 in contributions during the most recent reporting period.
—Kansas City Star, 11 Sep. 2025
Conservative members of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party are reportedly worried that the party’s resigned leader and country’s outgoing Prime Minister, Shigeru Ishiba, may come close to issuing the most ardent apology for Japan’s actions in World War II.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
The other three outgoing cast members all made bittersweet social media posts about moving on from the show.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Sep. 2025
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Maryanne Dell, Oc Register, 13 Sep. 2025
Burroughs, the outgoing District 2 at-large commissioner, raised $29,885 in contributions during the most recent reporting period.
—Kansas City Star, 11 Sep. 2025
Conservative members of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party are reportedly worried that the party’s resigned leader and country’s outgoing Prime Minister, Shigeru Ishiba, may come close to issuing the most ardent apology for Japan’s actions in World War II.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
The other three outgoing cast members all made bittersweet social media posts about moving on from the show.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outgoing
Adjective
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Their contempt for freedom and social order trades the politics of reason and persuasion—Charlie's life's work—for the false politics of violence and murder.—
Brooke L. Rollins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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The Reverend William Barber II, is a pastor and social justice activist who was once invited to discuss with Kirk the role of religion in public life, though that discussion didn't materialize.—
Michel Martin,
NPR,
17 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Rather, this is merely one more reflection of how Iger has long sought to position Disney as a family-friendly, classic Americana brand with appeal across all sides while eschewing blatantly divisive programming.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
19 Sep. 2025
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The result is a more stable, income-friendly sector—even if production growth is less dramatic.—
Robert Rapier,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Finally, researchers found widespread deposits of sepiolite, a mineral that forms in low-temperature, alkaline waters considered highly hospitable from an Earth perspective.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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Was there ever an environment less hospitable to humans?—
Thomas Page McBee,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Gérald Genta Geneva Minute Repeater After exploring the more extroverted side of Gérald Genta’s designs last week, La Fabrique du Temps, Vuitton’s Genevan Manufacture, offered purity.—
Thor Svaboe,
Robb Report,
9 Sep. 2025
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Her earthy, extroverted manner contrasts with the more reserved, standoffish Starmer, a former human rights lawyer.—
Max Foster,
CNN Money,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Outgoing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outgoing. Accessed 23 Sep. 2025.
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