OUTGROWTHS Synonyms: 88 Similar and Opposite Words

outgrowths

noun

plural of outgrowth

as in limbs

a branch of a main stem especially of a plant trimmed back some of the tree's outgrowths so they wouldn't interfere with the power lines

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as in outcomes

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 derivatives

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 outgrowths By contrast, recent Supreme Court decisions clearing the way for Alabama and Louisiana to pursue more favorable maps were outgrowths of the justices’ historic ruling gutting a key provision of the federal Voting Rights Act. — Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 15 May 2026

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Noun

Males then use dedicated limbs called ovigers to grab the eggs, glue them to their own legs using secretions, then rear them on their own.

— Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 23 Sep. 2026
Northeast winds of 30 to 40 mph could produce gusts of up to 50 mph, bringing down tree limbs, causing isolated power outages and making travel difficult, particularly for high-profile vehicles.

— Bridget Byrne, Baltimore Sun, 23 Sep. 2026

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Noun

Prediction market operators face conflicting rulings in federal court over whether sports event contracts are financial derivatives regulated exclusively by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission or gambling products that states can regulate.

— Rena Rowe, The Washington Examiner, 19 Sep. 2026
Privacy Policy Check out our other newsletters This puzzle was named after mathematician Bernhard Riemann, who worked primarily in the field of analysis, which revolves around functions and their derivatives.

— Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 15 Sep. 2026

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Uterine fibroids are common, noncancerous growths of the uterus that often appear during a person’s reproductive years, according to the Mayo Clinic.

— Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2026
If needed, the new growths can be thinned out to allow more room for new ones to grow.

— Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of growths

Noun

And woven into every page and at each chapter heading are gorgeous language derivations.

— The Know, Denver Post, 4 June 2026
Large Language Models often struggle with precise derivations and calculations in theoretical physics, sometimes exhibiting inconsistent reasoning.

— Paul Sutter, Space.com, 22 Mar. 2026

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