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“Real wage growth is slowing, real wages are falling outright in some countries,” said Claus Vistesen, chief eurozone economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

He posited that the company may opt to outright purchase a carrier or a mobile virtual network operator, or MVNO, which is a provider with an arrangement to leverage another company’s capacity.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026

In Los Angeles, a mayoral candidate who gets 50% or more votes wins the election outright.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

If anyone secures 50 percent of the votes on Tuesday, they win outright; anything less means the top two candidates go through to the November 3 general election.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

The notion that the cascading events in France bore any relation to the American Revolution struck Adams as outright lunacy.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis