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outing

[ou-ting] / ˈaʊ tɪŋ /


NOUN
politically motivated exposure of another's secrets
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STRONG


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In its second outing, the Michael Jackson biopic brought in $54 million, upping its overall North American total to $183.8 million and its cumulative global haul to $423.9 million.

From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2026

That tattoo and the social media posts -- which Platner explains respectively as the result of a misguided outing during his Marines days and dark post-combat rants -- highlighted the risk of running untested candidates.

From Barron's • May 3, 2026

MLB’s first outing was in the books in just two hours and five minutes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

Practically everywhere you look, there’s Meryl Streep’s fictional editrix-in-chief, Miranda Priestly, and Anne Hathaway’s plucky assistant-turned-editor, Andy Sachs, ready for their second big-screen outing few were asking for but everyone will watch.

From Salon • Apr. 20, 2026

She had seen him once since the Mattie Mahony outing, the day he had asked Francie was she her mother.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith