How to Use outcome in a Sentence

outcome

noun
  • We are still awaiting the final outcome of the trial.
  • There are two possible outcomes.
  • The outcome of her work is clear.
    — Essence, 24 Oct. 2025
  • And yet the outcome was the same.
    — Beren Cross, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Maybe the outcome would be worse.
    — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 4 Apr. 2026
  • What’s the outcome six months from now?
    — Sivan Yaari, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • And there are many, many outcomes.
    — Yarden Segev, NBC news, 1 Mar. 2026
  • Lessons should be drawn from the outcomes of these wars.
    — Ghassan E. El-Eid, Hartford Courant, 15 Mar. 2026
  • More junk food on kids’ plates and worse health outcomes.
    — Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2026
  • The bulk of the outcomes will be close to 50.
    — Joseph Howlett, Quanta Magazine, 16 Mar. 2026
  • The state also has to be tougher about outcomes.
    — Mercury News & East Bay Times Editorial Boards, Mercury News, 8 May 2026
  • The same outcome is likely for law firms.
    — Joseph Andrew, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
  • That one play doesn’t define you or the outcome.
    — Michael Gallagher, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
  • The matchup in the post could decide the outcome.
    — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Mar. 2026
  • The data is there, the outcomes are there.
    — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 8 May 2026
  • The outcome of that case is still pending.
    — Center Square, The Washington Examiner, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Such an outcome is far from certain.
    — Eric Cortellessa, Time, 11 Oct. 2025
  • And that, of course, was often the outcome of phone trees.
    — Inga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Mar. 2026
  • The work does not promise the outcome.
    — Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
  • Progress shows up as updates rather than outcomes.
    — Amy Eliza Wong, Fortune, 9 Feb. 2026
  • By then, the outcome is rarely a surprise.
    — William Phillips, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
  • Resilience can be viewed as a trait, an outcome, or a process.
    — Sheila Callaham, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • There's no clear owner of the outcome.
    — David Flower, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
  • Boudreaux described the outcome in blunt terms.
    — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Do that, and the outcome is not less New York.
    — Chris Maurice, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025
  • That harms outcomes and raises risks.
    — Elizabeth Shackelford, Twin Cities, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Lifestyle still drives most long-term outcomes.
    — Judy Koutsky, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
  • First, real outcomes that change lives.
    — Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2026
  • The best part is that the outcome of that wager does not matter.
    — Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 July 2025
  • That could lead to a lot of very bad outcomes including death.
    — Brian Mann, NPR, 13 Aug. 2025

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