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
Also, outcomes might depend on the medication prescribed.
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Nicole Hernandez, USA Today, 20 May 2026
Primary voters were also choosing their nominees for the House on Tuesday night, although the outcome in four districts will be voided as Alabama makes a last-minute bid to redraw its map.
—David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 20 May 2026
Same ingredients, different emotional outcome.
—Allison Palmer, Kansas City Star, 20 May 2026
For the second consecutive year, Bloom ranked as the top-performing High Needs ACO on quality and scored above the 98th percentile in all ACO REACH outcomes.
—Sara Hansen, Denver Post, 13 May 2026
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Nicole Hernandez, USA Today, 20 May 2026
Primary voters were also choosing their nominees for the House on Tuesday night, although the outcome in four districts will be voided as Alabama makes a last-minute bid to redraw its map.
—David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 20 May 2026
Same ingredients, different emotional outcome.
—Allison Palmer, Kansas City Star, 20 May 2026
For the second consecutive year, Bloom ranked as the top-performing High Needs ACO on quality and scored above the 98th percentile in all ACO REACH outcomes.
—Sara Hansen, Denver Post, 13 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outcome
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As a result, the central government took drastic steps in 2020 to rein in a freewheeling property sector that once accounted for 30% of the country’s economic activity.—
Chris Lau,
CNN Money,
18 May 2026
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In neighboring Uganda, officials said laboratory results confirmed two cases in the capital of Kampala − including one death − among people traveling from Congo with no apparent link to each other.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
18 May 2026
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One potential drawback of the proposal for higher tuition rates could be a resultant drop in enrollment levels of nonresident students.—
Tarini Mehta,
Sacbee.com,
18 May 2026
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The resultant musical needed greater expansion of character, a gentler, simpler touch, a better sense of authentic teenage angst and a deeper focus on the heart.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
11 May 2026
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Yet, any large-scale damage today would have far greater consequences than in the telegraph age, given the world’s near absolute dependence on data flows through these cables.—
Mostafa Salem,
CNN Money,
17 May 2026
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The consequences would not be immediate or automatic.—
Ingmar Rentzhog,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2026
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Misiorowski, a product of Crowder College, a junior college in Neosho, Missouri, threw forty-three pitches at a hundred miles per hour or faster during his recent outing against the Nationals.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
17 May 2026
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The company’s most recent product, Vengrove said, is a six-year-old corn whiskey, in honor of the United States’ 250th birthday.—
Emily M. Olson,
Hartford Courant,
17 May 2026
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“Outcome.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outcome. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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