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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
Boston’s ongoing inability to capitalize on such opportunities ensured fairly uneventful outcomes, though.
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Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
Why our emotions shape financial outcomes Behavioral finance has shown for decades that the greatest risk to long-term success is often our own behavior.
—Bruce Helmer, Twin Cities, 13 Sep. 2025
The best decision-makers keep an eye on numbers, trends, and past outcomes, then use those insights to guide their next steps.
—Sho Dewan, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Ultimately, these insights could inform the development of new therapeutic strategies for brain disorders, potentially improving treatments and outcomes for human health.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 13 Sep. 2025
The cumulative effect is fewer community judgments and more private, judicial and legislative control over outcomes.
—Richard Lorren Jolly, The Conversation, 5 Sep. 2025
Hamos further touted job creation, congestion reduction, downstate transit assistance and focus on accessibility as key outcomes of the legislation.
—Lou Sandoval, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
Overall, Christopher hypothesizes that the difference in outcomes varied because more active athletes stayed stronger than those who had to — or chose to — decrease their activity.
—Starre Vartan, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
Vaccination isn’t a guarantee against infection, or against bad outcomes.
—Daniel A. Gross, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2025
Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
Why our emotions shape financial outcomes Behavioral finance has shown for decades that the greatest risk to long-term success is often our own behavior.
—Bruce Helmer, Twin Cities, 13 Sep. 2025
The best decision-makers keep an eye on numbers, trends, and past outcomes, then use those insights to guide their next steps.
—Sho Dewan, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Ultimately, these insights could inform the development of new therapeutic strategies for brain disorders, potentially improving treatments and outcomes for human health.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 13 Sep. 2025
The cumulative effect is fewer community judgments and more private, judicial and legislative control over outcomes.
—Richard Lorren Jolly, The Conversation, 5 Sep. 2025
Hamos further touted job creation, congestion reduction, downstate transit assistance and focus on accessibility as key outcomes of the legislation.
—Lou Sandoval, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
Overall, Christopher hypothesizes that the difference in outcomes varied because more active athletes stayed stronger than those who had to — or chose to — decrease their activity.
—Starre Vartan, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
Vaccination isn’t a guarantee against infection, or against bad outcomes.
—Daniel A. Gross, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for outcomes
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These are results from benchmarks using Redis and Valkey.—
Thomas Coughlin,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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For a year and a half, the detectives first approached a large volume of low-match DNA results which could be traced back to existing American family trees.—
Claire Lempert,
ABC News,
12 Sep. 2025
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The experience has also underscored the importance of social media in Nepal, as well as the consequences of government attempts to control the flow of online information.—
Nir Kshetri,
The Conversation,
14 Sep. 2025
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What investigators conclude about Robinson’s motivations may have far-reaching consequences beyond his own criminal case.—
Richard Hall,
Time,
14 Sep. 2025
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This innovative installation may hold one of the keys to accelerating a transition away from fossil fuels that scientists say is necessary if the world is to avoid the worst effects of climate change.—
Jeff Young,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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Notably, this same mechanism underlies cocaine’s effects, highlighting its potency.—
Richard Menger MD MPA,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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The company has also found other ways to extend the life of its products.—
Thomas Coughlin,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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All products featured on Glamour are independently selected by our editors.—
Grace McCarty,
Glamour,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Outcomes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outcomes. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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