as in social
likely to seek or enjoy the company of others
a salesman whose aggressively outgoing personality could sometimes be overbearing
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Recent Examples of outgoing
For the outgoing champions’ fifth goal, Nico O’Reilly was unmarked to shoot from James McAtee’s cross, with the latter having also been allowed to cross without pressure.
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Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
The new station residents are replacing an outgoing Soyuz crew—Alexey Ovchinin, Ivan Wagner, and Don Pettit—who launched to the ISS last September and who plan to return to Earth aboard their own spacecraft April 19 to wrap up a 219-day stay in space.
—ArsTechnica, 11 Apr. 2025
Producers got a lifeline late last year when the outgoing government approved a new version of the country’s film funding law, keeping in place state subsidies for local productions, without which German film production would grind to a halt.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 9 Apr. 2025
The handover period is a crucial process for the outgoing astronauts to help the arriving spacefarers familiarize themselves with their new home and the work taking place, according to NASA.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 16 Mar. 2025
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Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
The new station residents are replacing an outgoing Soyuz crew—Alexey Ovchinin, Ivan Wagner, and Don Pettit—who launched to the ISS last September and who plan to return to Earth aboard their own spacecraft April 19 to wrap up a 219-day stay in space.
—ArsTechnica, 11 Apr. 2025
Producers got a lifeline late last year when the outgoing government approved a new version of the country’s film funding law, keeping in place state subsidies for local productions, without which German film production would grind to a halt.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 9 Apr. 2025
The handover period is a crucial process for the outgoing astronauts to help the arriving spacefarers familiarize themselves with their new home and the work taking place, according to NASA.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 16 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outgoing
Adjective
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The 2024 Pew Research survey found that a majority (59%) of people who opposed social reforms in the church attended Mass at least once a week.—
Katie Landeck,
USA Today,
22 Apr. 2025
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God is inviting us to overcome our fear and join Him at the place where social power runs out.—
Chloe Breyer,
New York Daily News,
21 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Her willpower wobbling, the 37-year-old nurse and mother of three pushed her shopping cart forward, giving the friendly salesman a wide berth.—
Jessica Guynn,
USA Today,
17 Apr. 2025
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Adopted in 2020, the Taxonomy for Sustainable Activities created a classification system for business and investors to know what activities are considered green or climate friendly.—
Jon McGowan,
Forbes.com,
16 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Kennedy could fire the task force and appoint members more hospitable to his agenda or impose his own decisions, experts said.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
20 Apr. 2025
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Being hospitable is one of my big things when people come to our home.—
Sophia A. Nelson,
Forbes,
3 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Here’s what makes this personality type so underrated and more successful than their extroverted and introverted peers.—
Stefan Falk, Contributor,
CNBC,
21 Feb. 2025
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Jack was tall, handsome and extroverted.—
Eva Koelzer,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 Feb. 2025
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“Outgoing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outgoing. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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