1
as in expense
a payment made in the course of achieving a result
last year the film company's outgoes exceeded its revenues by a wide margin
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2
as in departure
the act of leaving a place
the outgo of the town's only remaining manufacturing plant was a disaster
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Recent Examples of outgo
The Newsom administration’s 2022 projection of a fast recovery and a cornucopia of state revenues turned out to be wildly inaccurate, leading to a wide gap between income and outgo.
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Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 3 Aug. 2024
As revenues failed to meet expectations, the budget experienced a structural gap between income and outgo.
—Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 27 June 2024
As revenues flattened, particularly all-important personal income taxes, the gap between income and outgo could no longer be ignored.
—Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2024
But in the past, the legislative analyst’s numbers have proven to be closer to the mark than those from governors, who have a vested interest in minimizing the adjustments needed to bring income and outgo into balance, and therefore the political angst that reduced spending entails.
—Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 12 Jan. 2024
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Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 3 Aug. 2024
As revenues failed to meet expectations, the budget experienced a structural gap between income and outgo.
—Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 27 June 2024
As revenues flattened, particularly all-important personal income taxes, the gap between income and outgo could no longer be ignored.
—Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2024
But in the past, the legislative analyst’s numbers have proven to be closer to the mark than those from governors, who have a vested interest in minimizing the adjustments needed to bring income and outgo into balance, and therefore the political angst that reduced spending entails.
—Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 12 Jan. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outgo
Noun
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Declining enrollment and less reliance on tuition revenue led Harris’ administration to seek more grant funding, which helped cover operational expenses but also inspired new partnerships between the college and community organizations.—
Liam Adams,
The Tennessean,
22 Aug. 2025
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Security vendors, in turn, must demonstrate that AI innovation doesn’t come at the expense of privacy or trust.—
Tony Bradley,
Forbes.com,
22 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The bus shelter was on a paved section of the airport departures area where people were being dropped off by taxis, friends, family.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Aug. 2025
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Hoever’s departure from the first-team picture was far from ordinary.—
Steve Madeley,
New York Times,
14 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The costs of remaining complicit during this critical moment are too high.—
Britney Porter,
Forbes.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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And while the Fed controls a short-term rate, financial markets determine longer-term borrowing costs for mortgages and other loans.—
Christopher Rugaber,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Aug. 2025
Noun
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During the temporary ceasefire, the sides would negotiate a lasting truce, the release of the remaining hostages and the further withdrawal of Israeli forces.—
Samy Magdy,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Aug. 2025
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Rove compared the third possibility — which Rove said would result from either no agreement or from an agreement that Russia breaks — to the Afghanistan withdrawal in 2021, when former President Biden’s poll numbers tanked and never recovered.—
Sarah Fortinsky,
The Hill,
21 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Initially, companies try to absorb the cost increases caused by tariffs through lower margins while reducing other expenditures.—
Rohit Arora,
Forbes.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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Sinner had a longer wingspan, once-in-a-generation timing that produced outlandish power with minimal energy expenditure, and a sturdier backhand.—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
19 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The road’s hairpin turns and gravelly washes mean slow going; the trip from Marfa to Chinati Hot Springs will likely take around two hours.—
Eva Frederick,
Travel + Leisure,
26 Aug. 2025
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Here were records of altered states that felt apart from the normal goings on of our mutually agreed upon society, proof that something else was afoot.—
Ellyn Gaydos
August 11,
Literary Hub,
11 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The inaugural event marked the reopening of CWC East after more than two years of closure, following the discovery of elevated levels of a cancer-causing chemical that forced the sudden evacuation of about 150 residents from the affordable housing development on Milwaukee's north side.—
April Quevedo,
jsonline.com,
23 Aug. 2025
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The fire erupted Thursday afternoon on the northern outskirts of Calistoga and spread quickly through the steep and rugged terrain, prompting evacuation orders for dozens of rural residents and threatening several wineries and vineyards in the area.—
The Press Democrat,
Mercury News,
23 Aug. 2025
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While New Orleans remains a majority Black city, the exodus disproportionately affected its Black residents.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
29 Aug. 2025
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Its broad support reflected concerns about rising retail theft and drug crime across the Golden State, particularly in cities like San Francisco where critics say that targeted shoplifting has contributed to an exodus of shops.—
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Aug. 2025
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“Outgo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outgo. Accessed 4 Sep. 2025.
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