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outward-bound

[out-werd-bound] / ˈaʊt wərdˈbaʊnd /


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In terms of performance, the bank scored higher net interest income, a closely-watched benchmark measuring the difference between revenue from lending and outward-bound interest payments.

From Barron's • Jan. 13, 2026

No conflicts for Tiler Peck’s incisive Sanguinic: She was all full-throttle, outward-bound momentum.

From New York Times • Jan. 25, 2018

On distant seas, their dragon-prows went gleaming outward-bound ship.

From Slate • Oct. 30, 2015

IT IS hard to rise to the top in business without doing an outward-bound course.

From Economist • Oct. 2, 2014

She had been sent home by the doctors for her health, and was now on her outward-bound voyage, with her little son.

From Little Miss Joy by Marshall, Emma




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