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
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
What if your boat had been wrecked, and you had taken another outward-bound trip on some rescuing craft?
From Dorrien of Cranston by Mitford, Bertram
