outlets

noun

plural of outlet
1
as in exits
a place or means of going out this road is the only outlet for traffic coming from the racetrack

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2
as in platforms
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 outlets Mealtime means a simple stroll to the eight on-site dining outlets and bars. — Beth Luberecki, USA Today, 7 July 2026 Avoid basements or rooms where water has submerged electrical outlets or cords. — Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 7 July 2026 The simple threat of regulatory action is now enough to impact how media outlets behave. — Max Tani, semafor.com, 6 July 2026 The show helped put Netflix originals on the map and helped prove streaming series could be as successful, if not more, than shows on traditional outlets. — Joe Otterson, Variety, 29 June 2026 Officers responding to the scene found the woman with approximately 30 stab wounds, police said, according to the outlets. — Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 6 July 2026 The death toll stood at more than 1,700 people, according to the government, which has long retained tight control over coverage of major events by Venezuelan news outlets. — Juan Pablo Arraez, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2026 The podcasting industry's news and information outlets attract a far broader audience than just professionals, mirroring traditional entertainment media. — Frank Racioppi, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026 Chavez-DeRemer had been under scrutiny ahead of her exit from the Department of Labor, with several news outlets reporting her conduct was under investigation by the department's internal watchdog. — Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 29 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for outlets
  1. exits
  2. platforms
  3. issues
  4. venues
  5. forums
Noun
  • As the order to evacuate was played over loudspeakers on the National Mall, some people appeared to be standing in place, talking with those around them and not exiting the area, while others were walking toward exits.
    — Steven Sloan, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026
  • Trump looks weak and lost, a husk of a man still performing the same routine to a crowd that is drifting toward the exits.
    — Peter Wehner, The Atlantic, 4 July 2026
Definition of exits
Noun
  • The transactions facilitated on these platforms occur entirely independently of FIFA’s official ticketing platform.
    — Lily Wright, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
  • The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-53359, allows guest virtual machines—such as those used in cloud platforms to isolate one user’s instance from the host OS and other user instances—to break out of that container.
    — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 8 July 2026
Definition of platforms
Noun
  • StubHub said in various statements to the news and in legal proceedings that ticket cancellations were a result of transfer problems and issues with FIFA’s ticketing infrastructure.
    — Lily Wright, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
  • When the time came for the Southern Living staff to begin the process of combing through 60 years of recipes, we were each randomly assigned a couple of issues from various years.
    — Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 8 July 2026
Definition of issues
Noun
  • The city’s hospitality wage, which will raise hourly wages at hotels and some entertainment venues to $25 an hour by 2030, was approved last year and took effect July 1.
    — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 July 2026
  • Major venues and the districts that grow around them generate billions in regional economic activity, attract investment, catalyze development and create employment at scale.
    — Jonathan Mallie, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
Definition of venues
Noun
  • However, some online forums describe high-pressure sales tactics from company representatives when receiving quotes.
    — Faith Wakefield, USA Today, 3 July 2026
  • The trial was being debated in many forums in the mountaineering world.
    — William Finnegan, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
Definition of forums

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