outcomes

plural of outcome

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Recent Examples of outcomes Argus also provides automated assessments intended to measure mission outcomes and includes Argus Chat, which allows analysts to query data using natural language. Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 23 Aug. 2026 These existing programs can be integrated into NYCG, improving food access and health outcomes. Marian Flaxman, New York Daily News, 23 Aug. 2026 On Wall Street, the founders observed how institutional investors sought to trade such uncertain binary outcomes as Brexit and the 2016 presidential election through proxies such as swaps, options, and other risk curves. Carson Becker, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2026 Women with high occupational heat exposure were roughly twice as likely to suffer a miscarriage or stillbirth as those working in cooler conditions, and faced elevated risks of adverse birth outcomes overall. Catarina Rolfsdotter-Jansson, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026 Regulation of the mines is weak, regularly leading to deadly outcomes. ABC News, 22 Aug. 2026 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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for outcomes
Noun
  • Panettiere’s official cause and manner of death have not been determined, as additional testing results are pending.
    Julianna Bragg, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Preliminary autopsy results found no signs of trauma that contributed to her death, Fox News Digital confirmed.
    Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Strong El Niño events, such as the one revving up in the tropical Pacific, have rarely spared the Golden State from significant and damaging consequences.
    Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026
  • As the consequences of this strategically catastrophic campaign become ever more apparent, the New Right’s clout is set to grow, having opposed the war from the start.
    Leonard A. Schuette, Foreign Affairs, 25 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Social media put the storm’s effects on display, with videos of floodwaters leaving cars stranded on highways, stormwater runoff erupting onto city streets and waterfalls cascading onto the subway tracks at Penn Station.
    Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Some shipping companies are already feeling the trickle-down effects.
    Hira Humayun, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Other goods that are tarriffed include dairy, seafood, appliances, wood and paper products, and clothes.
    Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Data from Circana shows that during the first half of the year, eaux de parfum saw the strongest performance, though on the other end of the pricing and intensity spectrum, so did ancillary products like soaps, creams and shower gels.
    Noor Lobad, Footwear News, 25 Aug. 2026

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“Outcomes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outcomes. Accessed 26 Aug. 2026.

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