First recorded in 1595–1605
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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
No conflicts for Tiler Peck’s incisive Sanguinic: She was all full-throttle, outward-bound momentum.
From New York Times ● Jan. 25, 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 states-general found it necessary to replace Tromp, who was at once sent to sea, again with the charge of seeing the outward-bound trade down Channel, and waiting for the homeward-bound.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" by Various
Originally from Zimbabwe, Ray has worked as an Outward Bound instructor in Africa and Britain.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2022
Upstairs live staffers for Chesapeake Bay Outward Bound, which leases the building from the city and operates in the surrounding park.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 8, 2022
Klein had worked with local conservation groups like Outward Bound Adventures, Tree People and Heal the Bay, and was familiar with the L.A. park system’s many unknown or underused amphitheaters and gathering places.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2022
But Halm, who spent 10 years as an instructor and director at the Northwest Outward Bound School, didn’t wait until her first child was pulk-sized.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 2, 2022
“I swear. This guy I know told me. He was an Outward Bound guide.”
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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