outgo
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Our outgo is a small fraction of these figures.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 2, 2026
Meanwhile, growth funds witnessed about $1.95 billion worth of net outgo.
From Reuters ● Sep. 29, 2023
Data showed commodity funds lost $1.3 billion in outflows in their first weekly net selling in six weeks, with precious metal funds and energy funds recording $527 million and $281 million worth of outgo, respectively.
From Reuters ● Mar. 3, 2023
The federal budget is a very detailed estimate of receipts and expenditures, an anticipation of federal income and outgo, during the next fiscal year.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2016
Enough, so that our income at least will equal our outgo.
From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 8 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Political by Robert Green Ingersoll
"States need to contain and rationalise their subsidy outgoes, so that such spending does not crowd out more productive expenditure."
From BBC ● Nov. 17, 2025
Why," she said, "I suppose that some old-fashioned people still do their marketing, and people that have to look to their outgoes, and know what every mouthful costs them.
From Through the Eye of the Needle A Romance by William Dean Howells
My farm outgoes for the first season were, for implements, seed, work, etc., $14.72-1/2.
From The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. X (of X) - America - II, Index by Henry Cabot Lodge
On Sundays the poor debtor goes to church to take an account of stock, and finds, of course, that his outgoes have been greater than his income.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 72, October, 1863 by Various
He never questioned pecuniary outgoes —seldom worried as to the state of his bank-account so long as there was plenty.
From Mark Twain, a Biography — Volume III, Part 1: 1900-1907 by Albert Bigelow Paine
The zest, the fun, the excitement Sigurd infused into our human humdrum outwent all expectation.
From Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road by Katharine Lee Bates
And the people saw them going, and many knew them, and they ran together there on foot from all the cities, and outwent them.
From His Life A Complete Story in the Words of the Four Gospels by William Eleazar Barton
A troop of infantry, whose dapper costume outwent itself in the last touch of bright green gloves, dazzled by, and then came a miscellany of maskers.
From Spanish Highways and Byways by Katharine Lee Bates
If he found himself mistaken, he could not humble himself enough,—but far outwent, in his contrition, what was due to those whom he had offended.
From Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. by Margaret Fuller
Mr. Smith's character grew upon his friends by intimacy, and outwent the strongest prepossessions which had been conceived in his favour.
From Lives of the Poets, Volume 1 by Samuel Johnson
As they parted in the riotous dawn, Mario gave Lauro's city soccer team a $200,000 South American soccer player in token of friendship, and the mayor, not to be outgone, promised Mario a yacht.
From Time Magazine Archive
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It is the only thing in Europe, so far, which has entirely outgone my hopes.
From At Home And Abroad Or, Things And Thoughts In America and Europe by Arthur B. Fuller
This downright fighting fool, this thick-skulled hero, This blunt, unthinking instrument of death, With plain dull virtue has outgone my wit.
From All for Love Or, the World Well Lost A Tragedy by John Dryden
Britons, ever pre-eminent in mercy, have outgone common examples, and overlooked the criminal in the captive.
From The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume I (of III) by Philip Freneau
For me, while some of my friends have thought me exacting, I may say Ossoli has always outgone my expectations in the disinterestedness, the uncompromising bounty, of his every act.
From Woman in the Ninteenth Century and Kindred Papers Relating to the Sphere, Condition and Duties, of Woman. by Margaret Fuller
"She's very outgoing and friendly and the fact she's been in hospital so much means she's used to seeing different faces."
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
Clark, known for being social and outgoing, has interacted with politicians and potential investors on behalf of Amodei, chatting with them and bringing them over to meet her bookish husband at conferences and events.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
The two candidates will face off in the Nov. 3 election to succeed outgoing Gov. Gavin Newsom, and took time to deliver their campaign messages at an afternoon political forum in the state capital.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
And in the Washington state race to replace outgoing Republican Congressman Dan Newhouse, Amanda McKinney, the president's pick, also finished first.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
I'd even recorded an outgoing message with Evan in mind.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
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