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as in exit
a place or means of going out this road is the only outlet for traffic coming from the racetrack

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as in platform
a place or opportunity for communicating ideas and information technology has provided many new outlets for amateur writers and artists to share their work with a global audience

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Recent Examples of outlet Avoid entering basements or rooms where electrical outlets or cords are submerged in water. Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 27 Sep. 2025 Media outlets like Fox News and Newsmax also settled lawsuits with Dominion Voting Systems. Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 27 Sep. 2025 Harrell immediately called the police, the outlet reported. Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025 The restrictions are the latest under Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, whose office has previously booted major news outlets from regular media space inside the complex. Ted Johnson, Deadline, 20 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for outlet
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  • Notre Dame outgained Arkansas 641-365 in total offense and scored touchdowns on eight of its first nine possessions to take the air out of the home crowd and send many thousands to the exits.
    Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online, 27 Sep. 2025
  • The companies are there, the exit market is vibrant, and the demand for scale-up capital is in excess.
    Aman Ghei, Fortune, 27 Sep. 2025
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  • These measures include content filtering; checks for infringement across streaming and social platforms; penalty systems for repeat infringers; chain-of-custody certification and name-and-likeness verification.
    Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Once a marker of lineage and tradition, a pinky ring is now the perfect platform on which its wearer signals their personal style—a tiny stage for diamonds, stacks, or just a single, simple gold band.
    Malaika Crawford, Vogue, 25 Sep. 2025
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  • The shooting in a small, idyllic waterfront community adds to the growing list of bars, restaurants, shopping centers, schools and other venues in the US generally thought of as safe that have experienced gun violence.
    Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2025
  • However, the Buccaneers were also looking to remain undefeated, and Sirianni's trash-talking of Mayfield could also fire him up in his home venue.
    Matthew Couden, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025
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  • Thirty minutes is a reasonable overall time limit on the open forum session, and limiting each speaker’s time to three minutes maximizes the number of people who may speak during that time.
    Kelly G. Richardson, Oc Register, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Russia’s nuclear energy push At the forum, Putin also highlighted the various advancements Russia is making in the field of nuclear energy.
    Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2025

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“Outlet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outlet. Accessed 3 Oct. 2025.

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