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outing

[ou-ting] / ˈaʊ tɪŋ /


NOUN
politically motivated exposure of another's secrets
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONG


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This was Greg's third outing for Comic Relief in 10 years, after previously completing five triathlons in five days for his first and climbing mountains Scafell Pike, Snowdon and Ben Nevis for his second.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

In a story in “Ladies’ Lunch,” an old woman, disheveled after an outing, looks in a mirror and sees “what Diane Arbus might have seen. She gazed, appalled, and being appalled pricked her interest.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

While assuming that forced outing promotes children’s health and safety, the court didn’t consider evidence or develop a record on this complicated issue.

From Slate • Mar. 12, 2026

On Wednesday in his latest stellar outing, he threw six shutout innings in Norco’s 3-0 win over Gahr.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2026

With an hour yet before teatime, their lessons already completed, and Mrs. Clarke nowhere to be found, there was nothing to do but take the children on an educational outing of some sort.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood