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Recent Examples of outgo The Newsom administration’s 2022 projection of a fast recovery and a cornucopia of state revenues turned out to be wildly inaccurate, leading to a wide gap between income and outgo. Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 3 Aug. 2024 As revenues failed to meet expectations, the budget experienced a structural gap between income and outgo. Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 27 June 2024 As revenues flattened, particularly all-important personal income taxes, the gap between income and outgo could no longer be ignored. Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2024 But in the past, the legislative analyst’s numbers have proven to be closer to the mark than those from governors, who have a vested interest in minimizing the adjustments needed to bring income and outgo into balance, and therefore the political angst that reduced spending entails. Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 12 Jan. 2024 See All Example Sentences for outgo
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Noun
  • Telefilm’s National Marketing Program covers up to 75% of promotional expenses for funded projects.
    Jamie Lang, Variety, 9 June 2025
  • Families can order caskets and urns with next-day delivery, create obituaries with features like memory sharing, service details, and direct donations to charity or the bereaved family to help cover funeral expenses.
    Paul Klein, Forbes.com, 9 June 2025
Noun
  • If time permits, lock your home upon departure and disconnect utilities and appliances.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 15 June 2025
  • Manchester City enter this tournament amid a rebuild, with manager Pep Guardiola reconfiguring the midfield following Kevin De Bruyne's departure.
    Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 June 2025
Noun
  • Covering much of the $120 million production costs himself, with money from his celebrated winery, the filmmaker’s latest premiered at last year’s Cannes Film Festival to wildly mixed reactions.
    Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2025
  • ExxonMobil, for example, is investing $140 billion in enhancing high-margin assets and reducing structural costs—targeting an additional $20 billion in earnings and $30 billion in free cash flow by 2030.
    Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
Noun
  • Roth IRAs, on the other hand, are funded with after-tax dollars and offer no immediate tax break, but qualified withdrawals in retirement are completely tax-free.
    Jaime Catmull, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
  • The agency then sought public input to determine if the mineral withdrawal should move forward.
    Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 12 June 2025
Noun
  • While Intel’s sheer scale and capital expenditure requirements may deter private equity, a consortium or strategic carve-out remains a viable option.
    Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 21 June 2025
  • Instead, the system said that the Atrium’s Lake Norman facility is part of more than $1 billion in capital expenditure investments the health care company announced in 2018.
    Chase Jordan, Charlotte Observer, 19 June 2025
Noun
  • There are only so many top-billing center-forwards, and that’s the going rate, even for a striker who’s only enjoyed two noteworthy seasons—at Reims and Frankfurt—in Europe’s major leagues. Is a significant outlay naïve, or is Ekitike an ace in the pack over the coming years?
    Henry Flynn, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
  • That hasn’t been lost in the early goings of his tenure with the team.
    Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 May 2025
Noun
  • On Wednesday, the State Department and U.S. military directed a voluntary evacuation of nonessential personnel and their families from some U.S. diplomatic outposts in the Middle East.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 14 June 2025
  • The evacuation warning that was in place was lifted at approximately 4:30 p.m. At the height of the fire fight, there were 17 total engines, three hand crews, two dozers, four water tenders, four air tankers, one helicopter and one air tactical aircraft on the incident.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacbee.com, 14 June 2025
Noun
  • The exodus came shortly after former Trump posted on Truth Social for people to evacuate Tehran amid Israeli strikes on Iran's nuclear and military facilities.
    Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 June 2025
  • Additionally, the widespread exodus of liberals, journalists, and news organizations to Threads, Mastodon, or Bluesky following Musk’s takeover hasn’t affected X’s reach in the 12 countries surveyed by the study.
    Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 17 June 2025

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“Outgo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outgo. Accessed 24 Jun. 2025.

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