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outcropping

NOUN

result

Synonyms

STRONGEST

conclusion consequence decision development event issue outcome product reaction

STRONG

aftereffect aftermath arrangement backwash by-product close completion consummation corollary creature crop denouement determination emanation end eventuality execution finish fruit fruition harvest offshoot outgrowth payoff proceeds production repercussion returns sequel sequence settlement termination upshot

WEAK

ensual

Antonyms

STRONGEST

beginning cause commencement origin source start

STRONG

failure initiation introduction opening unfulfillment

Example Sentences

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The Sunshine mine dates back to 1884, when two homesteading brothers spotted an outcropping and staked claim.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

Let’s say you’re out on some rugged outcropping and you need to jump on your jackhammer for a few minutes.

From Slate • Jul. 18, 2024

On that day 20 years ago, he was killed by friendly fire at a rocky outcropping in a place called Spera, Afghanistan.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2024

It is a six-acre, dome-shaped outcropping that is tricky to reach and even trickier to explore.

From New York Times • Dec. 24, 2023

He was coughing so much he had to stop and lean on an outcropping, wheezing.

From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin

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