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outlet

[out-let, -lit] / ˈaʊt lɛt, -lɪt /


NOUN
store that sells discounted items
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DIY solar panels you plug into a standard wall outlet to pump electricity into your home.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

“We have received support from the White House,” he told a local news outlet.

From Salon • Jun. 11, 2026

Without an outlet to channel his frustrations, Kripke says his heart now “sinks” every time he reads a news story that feels ripped from “The Boys.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

At an evening banquet on Monday, Xi praised relations between both countries, saying that China and North Korea are "linked by mountains and rivers and share a common destiny", state outlet Xinhua reported.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

Then I took him to a manufacturers’ outlet where we bought a supply of cheap imperfect “seconds”—shirts, underwear, cheap rings, watches, all kinds of quick-sale items.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey




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