as in result
a condition or occurrence traceable to a cause
one expected outcome of hard work is greater success
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Recent Examples of outcome
Students practiced interviewing each other, presenting ideas, and thinking through realistic outcomes.
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Daniel Wilkerson, CBS News, 4 Feb. 2026
For Woodard, the positive outcomes are what keep the work going.
—Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 4 Feb. 2026
The company credited early signs of success from efforts to improve outcomes for users.
—Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2026
Their approach combines pricing considerations, private hospital treatment and a focus on natural-looking outcomes.
—Karen “kh” Koehler
february 4, Miami Herald, 4 Feb. 2026
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Daniel Wilkerson, CBS News, 4 Feb. 2026
For Woodard, the positive outcomes are what keep the work going.
—Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 4 Feb. 2026
The company credited early signs of success from efforts to improve outcomes for users.
—Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2026
Their approach combines pricing considerations, private hospital treatment and a focus on natural-looking outcomes.
—Karen “kh” Koehler
february 4, Miami Herald, 4 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for outcome
Recent Examples of Synonyms for outcome
Noun
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Substitutions will always be scrutinised by supporters when results go badly.—
Andy Naylor,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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Gary gets jealous about his brother’s backflips and tries to outdo him with increasingly tragic (and funny) results.—
Omar L. Gallaga,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Disruption and pain resultant from competition could lead to growth in order to weather the competition.—
Torie Bosch,
STAT,
31 Jan. 2026
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That harvesting process gave the resultant kriek its name, Handgeplukte (Flemish for hand-picked).—
Brandon Hernandez,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The challenge lies in balancing functional benefit with the risk of encouraging unnecessary anthropomorphism and its broader social consequences.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
8 Feb. 2026
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Carlson’s insistence that unrest in cities is the cause rather than the consequence of escalation absolves decision-makers of responsibility for that collapse — and provides a moral rationale for expanding force.—
Robert Pape,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Feb. 2026
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The entrance to Valley View Elementary School in the Minneapolis suburb of Columbia Heights resembles a food pantry these days, with cabinets filled with cans of food products and plastic crates brimming with children’s clothes.—
Ray Sanchez,
CNN Money,
8 Feb. 2026
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Then learn the products that control each of these types and how they should be applied for safe and effective weed control.—
Tom Macklin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
7 Feb. 2026
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“Outcome.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outcome. Accessed 11 Feb. 2026.
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