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a condition or occurrence traceable to a cause
one expected outcome of hard work is greater success
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Recent Examples of outcomes
As campaigns begin taking shape for the midterm elections in November, the outcomes in the New York primaries are likely to remain part of a larger national debate over the future direction of the Democratic Party.
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Taylor Fishman,
Baltimore Sun,
25 June 2026
The project explored whether public sentiment signals from X (formerly Twitter), Reddit, and Google News aligned with sports performance outcomes.
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Jon Stojan,
USA Today,
25 June 2026
The court fights over training data will run for years, and their outcomes are still uncertain.
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Maureen Kerr,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2026
Recycling and reselling, outcomes better for the environment, each accounted for only about 1 in 10 devices.
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Eric Williams,
The Conversation,
18 June 2026
However, analyzing these cuts reveals little evidence that such reductions will improve health outcomes.
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Raja Krishnamoorthi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Apr. 2025
But the outcomes couldn’t have been more disparate, with the Hawks losing 5-0 Tuesday.
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Phil Thompson,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Apr. 2025
The state of Connecticut is changing the way that doctors get paid for providing maternity care to low-income people covered by HUSKY Health (Connecticut’s Medicaid program) that is meant to improve health outcomes and health equity in Connecticut.
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Mark Schaefer,
Hartford Courant,
5 Mar. 2025
Taylor Fishman,
Baltimore Sun,
25 June 2026
The project explored whether public sentiment signals from X (formerly Twitter), Reddit, and Google News aligned with sports performance outcomes.
—
Jon Stojan,
USA Today,
25 June 2026
The court fights over training data will run for years, and their outcomes are still uncertain.
—
Maureen Kerr,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2026
Recycling and reselling, outcomes better for the environment, each accounted for only about 1 in 10 devices.
—
Eric Williams,
The Conversation,
18 June 2026
However, analyzing these cuts reveals little evidence that such reductions will improve health outcomes.
—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Apr. 2025
But the outcomes couldn’t have been more disparate, with the Hawks losing 5-0 Tuesday.
—
Phil Thompson,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Apr. 2025
The state of Connecticut is changing the way that doctors get paid for providing maternity care to low-income people covered by HUSKY Health (Connecticut’s Medicaid program) that is meant to improve health outcomes and health equity in Connecticut.
—
Mark Schaefer,
Hartford Courant,
5 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for outcomes
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Although results have not been finalized for either June primary, the latest returns show Wahab took nearly 43% of the vote in the special election and about 38% in the June 2 primary.
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However, auditors found the city lacks a clear and consistent way to measure which shelter programs are producing the best results.
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Nevertheless, their family and the Fernandezes are left with the permanent consequences of that day.
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Two wars in as many years with Israel — both launched on other’s behalf but with outsized consequences borne here — have resulted in thousands of dead, a million-plus displacement crisis and the leveling and occupation of wide swaths of the country.
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The compounding effects of high fuel costs along with the debt that helped finance the purchase and the upgrades to the planes accumulated quickly.
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Leaders are constantly in a chronic, sympathetic-dominant state that, if not appropriately managed, can have downstream effects on their cardiovascular health, immune functioning, sleep, and even personal relationships.
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For tick prevention, Hayes recommends long pants tucked into socks, duct tape wrapped sticky-side out around the ankle, and chemical repellents over essential-oil products — pointing readers to the EPA’s repellent search engine to find effective options.
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All of these products are designed to connect enterprise merchants' existing systems to any AI commerce surface through a single integration.
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“Outcomes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outcomes. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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