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outcome

[out-kuhm] / ˈaʊtˌkʌm /


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Using mortality as a clear endpoint allows scientists to work backward and investigate which biological processes may have contributed to the outcome.

From Science Daily Aug. 29, 2026

Pakistan were unfortunate to lose opener Imam to a calf injury, but his absence probably did little to alter the outcome.

From BBC Aug. 28, 2026

In 2026, prediction markets are all the rage, with traders betting on the short-term outcome of just about anything imaginable.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

The observatory will also help scientists better understand the cosmic tug-of-war between invisible “dark matter” and “dark energy” — a contest whose outcome could either expand or collapse the universe.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2026

The Incorrigibles were excited to learn she was a history teacher and bombarded her with questions: Was it true that plague had determined the outcome of the Peloponnesian War?

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood

AI doomers’ predictions of “Terminator”-like movie outcomes are often on top of the list.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 29, 2026

A secondary analysis found even larger differences in some outcomes.

From Science Daily Aug. 29, 2026

It, too, considers only fetal outcomes, reducing the woman to the same thing existing guidance does: a baby incubator.

From Slate Aug. 27, 2026

“Marrying early has universally detrimental effects over a range of outcomes, including educational attainment; earnings; physical, reproductive, and mental health; experiences of violence; and likelihood of divorce, particularly for girls,” the study found.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 2026

Design an appropriate program which models the supermarket situation with its various constraints and instruct the computer to run through the program a few million times to see how often different outcomes result.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos




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