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Example Sentences

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That’s industry consensus—few expect quantum computers to outright replace classical machines.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

The risk now is of a long, attritional permacrisis that will lurch in and out of outright conflict.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

However, three of the six DSA-backed candidates for citywide office were projected to win outright.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

It is hard to know outright, at least in real time, because estimates of the size of the workforce rely heavily on a major annual update.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

He doesn’t complain about that outright, but it’s bothering him, and it adds to the tension already there about the move, the business venture, the finances.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman