outcomes

plural of outcome

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Recent Examples of outcomes Couples have prenups for many reasons, but much of it comes down to discussing financial goals, avoiding additional legal work in a divorce, maintaining control over financial outcomes and avoiding a state's default divorce laws. Jasmin Suknanan, CNBC, 16 Aug. 2026 The most likely outcomes in my mind are Makhachev controlling Garry for the majority of the fight and winning a clear decision, or perhaps submitting him. Brett Appley, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2026 Neurosurgery is a profound team endeavor, with countless individuals, often unseen, uniting daily to deliver transformative patient outcomes. Richard Menger Md Mpa, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026 One of the more alarming outcomes of the current reading crisis is that, outside the educational community, there isn’t more alarm. Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 15 Aug. 2026 When children are experiencing poor educational outcomes, at what point does opposition to an alternative become an obstacle to giving families another opportunity? Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026 This mindset may even be beneficial; having negative ideas about aging is linked to worse health outcomes, almost like a self-fulfilling prophecy. Richard Sima, Washington Post, 14 Aug. 2026 Underlying this drift in the NHS is a centralized performance-management system that prioritizes outputs over outcomes and holds providers accountable for short-term, measurable targets on diagnoses, appointments, and operations. Kyle Vanelli, STAT, 14 Aug. 2026 Ungodlike thoughts and their outcomes are not negated just by trying not to think about evil, mistakes, disease, hatred, lack, sorrow, etc. The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 14 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for outcomes
Noun
  • Another area in which Wrexham need to improve is their results against the top teams.
    Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2026
  • The results of that study, published in 2016, identified 235 distinct bears using genetic testing and estimated the total bear population in western Connecticut was around 400 to 450 individuals.
    John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 14 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Leontes, the king of Sicilia, has baselessly accused his wife, Hermione, of adultery, and the consequences have been dire.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2026
  • While Eli Lilly is hoping that regulators and law enforcement will take more action against companies claiming to sell retatrutide, some are increasingly doing so in the open, with apparently few if any consequences.
    Daniel Gilbert, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • France last month became the first country in the European Union to pass a blanket ban on the platforms amid rising worldwide concerns about the harmful effects of digital content on kids.
    ABC News, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Temperature changes and mechanical vibrations can interfere with the quantum effects needed to establish entanglement.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 14 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • The organization is also providing feminine hygiene products as well.
    Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
  • An inflation report on Wednesday is set to provide the latest gauge of price increases as the Iran war pushes up costs for gasoline and other products.
    Max Zahn, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026

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“Outcomes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outcomes. Accessed 17 Aug. 2026.

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