outlooks

plural of outlook
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as in overlooks
a high place or structure from which a wide view is possible the cliff-top outlook provides an expansive view of the sleepy village down in the valley

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as in views
all that can be seen from a certain point the outlook from the tower is spectacular in all directions

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Recent Examples of outlooks Cramer, however, questioned whether the moves accurately reflected the companies' underlying outlooks. Alexa Lomonaco, CNBC, 15 July 2026 After the How to Make a Killing actress, 31, and the Bleachers frontman, 42, separated just shy of their third wedding anniversary, an insider says the pair simply had different outlooks on life. Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 14 July 2026 Christopher Dunn, an assistant professor of wildfire risk science at Oregon State University, said those outlooks help determine how and where to mobilize resources. Susan Montoya Bryan, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026 Bloomberg's compilation of 2026 institutional outlooks specifically highlights private assets continuing their ascent as a consensus theme across major firms. Jason Kirsch, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026 Although money from the first year of the league’s 11-year, $76 billion national media deals helped prop up that total, revenue came in lower than prior outlooks due largely to the suffering regional sports network business. Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 9 July 2026 Matching offer sheets could have totally blown up any of those teams’ salary outlooks. Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 6 July 2026 The film uses their contrasting outlooks to raise questions about the responsibilities of witnessing tragedy through a camera lens. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 3 July 2026 The credit ratings under review for downgrade previously had stable outlooks. Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 30 June 2026
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Noun
  • Some travelers are drawn to the neon signs and roadside attractions of Route 66, while others prefer mountain overlooks or dramatic coastal scenery.
    Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 5 July 2026
  • Duckworth said fans aren't simply looking for scenic overlooks or filming locations.
    Danielle Minnetian, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026
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  • Ripple brings together diverse perspectives from other publications to show how the country is engaging with today's biggest stories.
    Kristi Curry Rogers, Washington Post, 16 July 2026
  • The adolescent’s ability to use their phone to access social media and continuous news, interact with artificial intelligence and play games often broadens their perspectives and encourages individual creativity.
    Elizabeth Dowdell, Fortune, 15 July 2026
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  • Part of the drama on America’s Got Talent has always come from friction among the judges, who regularly have very different views of the acts before them.
    Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 15 July 2026
  • Locations around Kielder Water and Northumberland National Park provide broad views toward the low west-northwest eclipse shortly before sunset.
    Jamie Carter, Space.com, 15 July 2026
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  • Modern infrared observatories such as the James Webb Space Telescope can detect these cooler, fainter stars far more effectively than optical telescopes, helping astronomers refine estimates of the galaxy’s true stellar population.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 7 July 2026
  • Despite its age, astrophysicists still rely on Swift’s multi-wavelength instruments to identify and locate gamma-ray bursts for follow-up observations by other observatories.
    Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 6 July 2026
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  • The sun will hang low above the west-northwest horizon as a narrowing crescent, so the best locations will be coastal viewpoints, hilltops and open landscapes with clear western horizons.
    Jamie Carter, Space.com, 14 July 2026
  • For the fifth year running, YouGov found TIME to be among the most trusted, by Americans across ideological viewpoints.
    Sam Jacobs, Time, 14 July 2026
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  • Dogs are natural lookouts who love to survey their territory.
    Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 2 July 2026
  • This family-friendly beach features a boardwalk with lookouts, playground, volleyball courts, and horseshoe pits.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 2 July 2026
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  • The garage will stand on part of a site once earmarked for one of the city’s largest apartment towers.
    Mark Dee July 17, Idaho Statesman, 17 July 2026
  • Not content to wait for local officials to strike down ALPR contracts, concerned citizens are taking matters into their own hands by disabling or cutting down Flock camera towers wherever they’re found.
    Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 16 July 2026

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