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outcropping

NOUN

result

Synonyms

STRONGEST

conclusion consequence decision development event issue outcome product reaction

STRONG

aftereffect aftermath arrangement backwash by-product close completion consummation corollary creature crop denouement determination emanation end eventuality execution finish fruit fruition harvest offshoot outgrowth payoff proceeds production repercussion returns sequel sequence settlement termination upshot

WEAK

ensual

Antonyms

STRONGEST

beginning cause commencement origin source start

STRONG

failure initiation introduction opening unfulfillment

Example Sentences

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Frequently missed, though easily accessible from Porto’s center via an antique tram line, Foz do Douro could qualify as the north’s most delightful urban outcropping.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

They emerge from within a rocky outcropping in an otherwise grassy field and hold up their hands, as if in benediction.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 15, 2024

Let’s say you’re out on some rugged outcropping and you need to jump on your jackhammer for a few minutes.

From Slate • Jul. 18, 2024

It is a six-acre, dome-shaped outcropping that is tricky to reach and even trickier to explore.

From New York Times • Dec. 24, 2023

I could see the others all there; Esme, Emmett, and Rosalie, sitting on a bare outcropping of rock, were the closest to us, maybe a hundred yards away.

From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer

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