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as in outcome
a condition or occurrence traceable to a cause
a predictable outgrowth of the suburb's ever growing population will be the need for more schools
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as in derivation
something that naturally develops or is developed from something else
an industry that is an outgrowth of the technology first developed for the U.S. space program
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Recent Examples of outgrowth
Speaking of e-commerce, another outgrowth of that retail phenomenon is the growing demand for industrial outdoor storage, according to Tropp.
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Jeffrey Steele, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
This crisis is an outgrowth of a breakneck information ecosystem in which few stories have staying power.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 14 Jan. 2026
The council was created in 2010 as an outgrowth of efforts to prevent such a crisis from happening again.
—Steve Liesman,jeff Cox, CNBC, 11 Dec. 2025
This is a natural outgrowth of Black Bear’s business.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 6 Nov. 2025
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Jeffrey Steele, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
This crisis is an outgrowth of a breakneck information ecosystem in which few stories have staying power.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 14 Jan. 2026
The council was created in 2010 as an outgrowth of efforts to prevent such a crisis from happening again.
—Steve Liesman,jeff Cox, CNBC, 11 Dec. 2025
This is a natural outgrowth of Black Bear’s business.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 6 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outgrowth
Noun
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His athletic gait, with long limbs and playing in a physically taxing position, can be prone to muscle issues.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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Statues of prominent citizens line the route, many missing heads or limbs, while religious and civic buildings once painted in bright colors now appear butter-yellow.—
Maureen O'Hare,
CNN Money,
9 Feb. 2026
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But even more people avoid the worst outcomes of colon cancer by getting screened early and as often as is recommended.—
Alyssa Goldberg,
USA Today,
12 Feb. 2026
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The outcome of Kaley’s lawsuit could help guide how around 1,500 similar lawsuits against social media companies are resolved.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
11 Feb. 2026
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Silicon Valley dreamt up poor derivations of past cautionary tales and created a monoculture of exploitative social media feeds and predatory data-hungry apps that birthed Orwell’s surveillance state.—
John Lopez,
HollywoodReporter,
21 Oct. 2025
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Bose found a stronger mathematical derivation of Planck’s law.—
Matt von Hippel,
Quanta Magazine,
23 June 2025
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Despite the program’s growth, FRAP is struggling to offer services in all of Oklahoma’s 77 counties, as the law intended.—
Raynee Howell,
Oklahoma Watch,
9 Feb. 2026
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The unit reported 20 quarters of comparable sales growth under his leadership.—
Alexander Coolidge,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
9 Feb. 2026
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Substitutions will always be scrutinised by supporters when results go badly.—
Andy Naylor,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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Gary gets jealous about his brother’s backflips and tries to outdo him with increasingly tragic (and funny) results.—
Omar L. Gallaga,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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The global market capitalization of all coins has shed more than $2 trillion in that time, and fewer and fewer traders are dabbling in meme coins and derivatives.—
Will Gottsegen,
The Atlantic,
11 Feb. 2026
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According to BofA estimates, nearly a fifth of that action came via parlays—multi-leg sequences familiar to sportsbook customers but now wrapped in the language of derivatives and trading.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
10 Feb. 2026
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Scott Meslow’s history of the show and all its offshoots is less an analysis of its meaning than a book about the industry mechanisms that shaped and threatened it, and the people who brought it back to life again and again.—
Jasmine Vojdani,
Vulture,
4 Feb. 2026
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As a member of the student-run group, the Walnut Hills junior helped launch its Ohio offshoot.—
Grace Tucker,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
4 Feb. 2026
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Disruption and pain resultant from competition could lead to growth in order to weather the competition.—
Torie Bosch,
STAT,
31 Jan. 2026
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That harvesting process gave the resultant kriek its name, Handgeplukte (Flemish for hand-picked).—
Brandon Hernandez,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 Jan. 2026
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“Outgrowth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outgrowth. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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