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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

Her style is cool and outward-bound; I’d love to love it.

From New York Times • Nov. 30, 2016

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

A few mishaps in the course of the war, such as the sinking of the Justicia, which was sailing from Europe to America, created the false notion that outward-bound convoys were not escorted.

From The Victory At Sea by Hendrick, Burton J.