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lookout

[look-out] / ˈlʊkˌaʊt /


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"Assuming the Fed leaves rates unchanged as expected, traders will be on the lookout for a potentially stronger description of inflation risks and/or possible wording to signal conditional tightening," said Matt Weller at City Index.

From Barron's Jul. 29, 2026

Those who describe their career strategies as "lily padding" are always on the lookout for the next opportunity.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

A prior warning by the Treasury Department directed banks to be on the lookout for employers that may be committing payroll fraud by employing undocumented immigrants.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 13, 2026

With ambitions of cornering the electric vehicle market, India is also on the lookout for critical minerals such as lithium -- another resource Australia has in abundance.

From Barron's Jul. 8, 2026

Ratwin snorted and returned to her lookout post, halfway up the mast.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

Instead, they act as digital lookouts who hunt for coveted vintage apartments that are otherwise hard to find without expertise.

From Los Angeles Times May 21, 2026

They had plate numbers and makes and models of cars, and sometimes even VINs; they had scouts and lookouts; they had canvassed businesses and compiled surveillance footage.

From Slate Oct. 27, 2025

An oil tanker and cargo ship that crashed in the North Sea did not have "dedicated lookouts" in what were "patchy conditions", an interim report has found.

From BBC Apr. 3, 2025

For lookouts reachable on foot within a day, the Forest Service provided a pack animal — but the human had to walk.

From Seattle Times Dec. 1, 2023

The next day they were spotted by lookouts from a camp hidden among the sandy hills.

From "In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse" by Joseph Marshall III




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