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outward-bound

[out-werd-bound] / ˈaʊt wərdˈbaʊnd /


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In terms of performance, the bank scored higher net interest income, a closely-watched benchmark measuring the difference between revenue from lending and outward-bound interest payments.

From Barron's • Jan. 13, 2026

Peter Manson remains implacably opposed to his son’s outward-bound ambitions.

From New York Times • May 7, 2018

On distant seas, their dragon-prows went gleaming outward-bound ship.

From Slate • Oct. 30, 2015

IT IS hard to rise to the top in business without doing an outward-bound course.

From Economist • Oct. 2, 2014

The outward-bound vessels, instead of stopping at Alexandria, steam direct through the canal to Suez and Bombay, while one vessel homeward bound passes through this canal every week.

From My Trip Around the World August, 1895-May, 1896 by Hunt, Eleonora




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