outward-bound
Example Sentences
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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
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
It was a mythological declaration of outward-bound triumph, not inward-bound migration.
From New York Times • Jan. 3, 2012
By the Hamburg packet-ship Drei Heilige, we learn that the last outward-bound vessels have met rough weather, and a convict-ship, the Blast, was still more unfortunate.
From Luttrell Of Arran Complete by Lever, Charles James
