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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
Whoever wins this time around will replace outgoing Supervisor Kevin Cavanagh, who lost the county's GOP primary for sheriff.
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Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
The tradition—with the old flak jacket, and with the new yellow number—is for an outgoing secretary to leave notes in the pocket for her successors.
—Jane Thier, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2024
The open seat, which outgoing DFL Rep. Jerry Newton won by about 200 votes in 2022, is one of the GOP's biggest spending targets this year.
—Torey Van Oot, Axios, 4 Nov. 2024
Shreve, the founder of Storage Express, won a seven-person Republican primary in May for Indiana’s 6th Congressional District, one of three open U.S. House seats that is being vacated by outgoing U.S. Rep. Greg Pence.
—Brittany Carloni, The Indianapolis Star, 30 Oct. 2024
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Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
The tradition—with the old flak jacket, and with the new yellow number—is for an outgoing secretary to leave notes in the pocket for her successors.
—Jane Thier, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2024
The open seat, which outgoing DFL Rep. Jerry Newton won by about 200 votes in 2022, is one of the GOP's biggest spending targets this year.
—Torey Van Oot, Axios, 4 Nov. 2024
Shreve, the founder of Storage Express, won a seven-person Republican primary in May for Indiana’s 6th Congressional District, one of three open U.S. House seats that is being vacated by outgoing U.S. Rep. Greg Pence.
—Brittany Carloni, The Indianapolis Star, 30 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outgoing
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Your husband’s friend needs to respect his time and the effort your husband puts into making social plans.R. Eric Thomas, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
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Our findings highlighted four key strategies to improve the outcome of this journey toward achieving a healthier digital balance: replacement practices, social bonds, mindfulness, and digital well-being as a journey.Discover Magazine, Discover Magazine, 7 Nov. 2024
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United-Guardian continues to focus on developing new products using natural and environmentally friendly raw materials to meet the demand for 'green' and sustainable products.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 12 Nov. 2024
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These include their nocturnal lifestyle and their strong odor. Smart and friendly, the world’s largest rodent (weighing more than 100 pounds) is social and gentle.Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 6 Nov. 2024
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As its name suggests, copper IUDs include copper, a material that makes the uterus a less hospitable place for sperm.Elizabeth Yuko, Health, 29 Oct. 2024
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But here, the fictional Tanaka Arena (a Toronto location standing in for Philadelphia) is a venue quite different, vaster and more hospitable to entropy, than a behind-glass cell at the Baltimore State Hospital for the Criminally Insane.Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 2 Aug. 2024
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This personality type is often very extroverted and results-driven.Nicholas Freund, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2022
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Channeling that free-spirited theme, Maserati has just-unveiled the MC20 Cielo Spyder, which expands the MC20 supercar’s persona into a more extroverted and seemingly care-free direction.Basem Wasef, Robb Report, 25 May 2022
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“Outgoing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outgoing. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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