How to Use outright in a Sentence
- I bought the car outright.
- Their house was destroyed outright by the fire.
- The painting is now owned outright by the museum.
- She won the competition outright.
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Some can be outright killed by it.
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Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
21 Oct. 2025
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Too much burns roots and can kill a plant outright.
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Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Miami Herald,
29 Apr. 2026
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In fact, DuPont was the best skater outright.
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Thomas Drance,
New York Times,
2 Mar. 2026
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None ban drug testing outright.
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Alonzo Martinez,
Forbes.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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Parties might not want to give up on winning outright.
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Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
8 May 2026
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Her group has launched a campaign to block the merger outright.
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Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
20 Mar. 2026
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In any case, that is still somewhat less risk than buying the shares outright.
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Michael Khouw,
CNBC,
23 Feb. 2026
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Four to five years might not be enough time to contend outright by building through the draft.
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Thomas Drance,
New York Times,
24 June 2026
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Maple appeared poised to win re-election outright.
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Reeti Malhotra,
Sacbee.com,
13 June 2026
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Utah and Florida were the first states to ban it outright.
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Erika Edwards,
NBC news,
19 Mar. 2026
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The Yankees scored in five of the nine frames to win the series outright.
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Kansas City Star,
27 May 2026
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Paulina said her mom outright told her that wasn’t going to happen.
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The Foretold Team,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Apr. 2023
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Once the mortgage has been paid off, the voucher holder will own the home outright.
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Margaret Kates | [email protected],
al,
15 Apr. 2023
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Kept in place outright, with the club only making a change behind the bench?
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Thomas Drance,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2026
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Garrett is a half-sack from tying the record, and one sack from owning it outright.
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Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
4 Jan. 2026
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The panel could also choose to dismiss the case outright.
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Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Jan. 2026
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One of those states, Minnesota, has moved to ban them outright.
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Davis Giangiulio,
CNBC,
28 May 2026
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While the words were not banned outright, the list sent shockwaves through the US.
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Bella Webb,
Vogue,
30 Oct. 2025
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Despite this, Jones is saying some stuff that isn't outright wrong.
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Armando Salguero Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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Fiat money fails this test outright.
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Brian Domitrovic,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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Many will dismiss this warning outright.
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Les Rubin,
Boston Herald,
25 Feb. 2026
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In these races, a candidate that gets more than 50% of the vote will outright win the seat.
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Steve Scauzillo,
Daily News,
3 June 2026
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With those smarts, there’s just a hard-working player who will outright create his own points to pounce at.
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Shayna Goldman,
New York Times,
14 May 2026
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Some deny the charges outright, while others confess freely.
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Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
19 Feb. 2026
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The team will already need to restructure a deal or two to sign the rookie class outright.
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Mike Kaye
april 30,
Charlotte Observer,
30 Apr. 2026
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Lake Ridge is the front runner to win the district title outright.
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Charles Baggarly,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
16 Apr. 2026
- I was surprised by their outright rejection of the idea.
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That kind of stall can be as risky as an outright downturn.
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Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
16 Dec. 2025
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Here are the best non-outright plays for the weekend.
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Geoff Clark Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
13 May 2026
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There doesn’t have to be an outright ban on bulk billing to set the stage for its demise.
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Janus Norman,
Sacbee.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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But for an outright winner pick?
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Jordan Bianchi,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2026
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Some with furtive glances, some outright staring.
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Ben Mezrich,
Vanity Fair,
6 Apr. 2026
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Beyond waste, there is outright abuse.
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Wolfgang Klietmann,
Boston Herald,
16 Jan. 2026
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There are times when the movie comes close to being an outright feel-bad sports movie.
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David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
20 Dec. 2023
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As for an outright upset here, let’s not get carried away.
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Miami Herald,
17 Sep. 2025
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At stake for Donald is the first to win outright three straight times.
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ABC News,
4 Mar. 2026
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But there are no outright clinkers in the bunch, either.
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Chris Willman,
Variety,
24 Oct. 2025
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Misfired on all three of our outright upset picks.
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Miami Herald,
30 Oct. 2025
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Many are reluctant to pay outright fines.
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Liam Knox,
Fortune,
14 Sep. 2025
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Matter of fact, an outright upset would be less than a seismic shock.
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Miami Herald,
3 Sep. 2025
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This week, let’s go back to the betting odds for the outright order of the awards rankings.
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Zach Harper,
New York Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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Start with a pinch and add more as needed, but stop before your drink starts tasting outright salty.
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Sam Stone,
Bon Appétit,
17 Aug. 2023
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Even more alarming is the potential for outright abuse.
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Adam Summers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 Apr. 2026
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Nearly 9 million are now in outright default, most for the first time.
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Richard Cordray,
New York Daily News,
31 Mar. 2026
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Why a hedge makes sense here This is not a call for an outright collapse in equities.
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Tony Zhang,
CNBC,
13 May 2026
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And yet, the show’s scale and the fame of the people in it may insulate it from outright failure.
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Precious Fondren,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Apr. 2026
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Some have not had access to quality care at all, and some are just in denial or outright scared of it.
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Sonia Singh,
Rolling Stone,
2 Apr. 2026
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In a head-to-head race, many polls find an outright tie, with few voters undecided.
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Aaron Zitner,
WSJ,
10 Nov. 2023
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The power and confidence is, outright, the most key concept for us.
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Jeff Benjamin,
Billboard,
3 May 2023
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But since then, most of the players targeted in draft-day trades have been outright mistakes.
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Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
5 Oct. 2025
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And then there's a couple that just to have outright moratoriums.
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Dana Taylor,
USA TODAY,
23 Feb. 2024
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In the short term, the lack of outright performance is noticeable.
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Ewan Spence,
Forbes.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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There are outright shortages elsewhere in the world, such as Thailand.
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Greg Myre,
NPR,
8 Apr. 2026
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Miami would need to score at least three goals in a victory to win outright and advance.
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Michelle Kaufman,
Miami Herald,
4 Apr. 2024
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Gomber was placed on outright waivers early this week, a hint that his time in Colorado was nearing an end.
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Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
22 Aug. 2025
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But the car will compete in a special editions class rather than go for outright victory.
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New Atlas,
23 Mar. 2026
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