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
Transparency and accountability measures will track the connection between new funding, affordability and student outcome.
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John Cullerton, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2025
One way to improve the system is to hire more Black doctors as research has shown patient outcomes are better when providers look like them, said Katherine Sacks, associate director of health economics at the Milken Institute, a nonpartisan, nonprofit think tank based in Santa Monica, California.
—Adrianna Rodriguez, USA Today, 8 May 2025
The underlying numbers may suggest a different outcome, sure.
—Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 8 May 2025
But authentic, demonstrable progress: proof of better outcomes, built on real expertise.
—Kate Hardcastle, Forbes.com, 27 Apr. 2025
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John Cullerton, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2025
One way to improve the system is to hire more Black doctors as research has shown patient outcomes are better when providers look like them, said Katherine Sacks, associate director of health economics at the Milken Institute, a nonpartisan, nonprofit think tank based in Santa Monica, California.
—Adrianna Rodriguez, USA Today, 8 May 2025
The underlying numbers may suggest a different outcome, sure.
—Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 8 May 2025
But authentic, demonstrable progress: proof of better outcomes, built on real expertise.
—Kate Hardcastle, Forbes.com, 27 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outcome
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The result is a string of entrepreneurial successes that continues to reverberate across some of the most critical areas of the 21st-century business landscape.—
Jon Stojan,
USA Today,
1 May 2025
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Full results of the trial will not be final until 2027 after a sufficient number of people have been tracked for 18 months after completing the four-month program.—
Doug Smith,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2025
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Show how data from customers/employees contributes to product innovations; present plans for sharing resultant value. 2.—
James Felton Keith,
Forbes,
3 Mar. 2025
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Finally, the resultant structure was coated in potassium hydroxide, which washes away less stable structures and leaves behind thousands of microscopic pores.—
Michael Franco,
New Atlas,
20 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Plastic Resin Codes While plastics have many uses, single-use plastics have severe environmental, social, and health consequences.—
Nafeesah Allen,
Better Homes & Gardens,
8 May 2025
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Here's Which Borrowers Aren't Impacted Previously capped at 10 percent during the Biden administration to prevent financial hardship, the reinstated policy could have severe consequences for retirees and disabled individuals who depend heavily on their benefits.—
Suzanne Blake,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 May 2025
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Thanks to hemp products being federally legal through the 2018 Farm Bill, Tilray sells its hemp beverages across 13 states in the U.S., with its biggest markets in Minnesota, Florida and Texas.—
Will Yakowicz,
Forbes.com,
4 May 2025
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But Fraser retains her cocked eyebrow, ever aware that the pomp is in service of a product for which demand has been calculatingly manufactured.—
Rachel Syme,
New Yorker,
4 May 2025
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“Outcome.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outcome. Accessed 15 May. 2025.
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