outcomes

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Editorial note

I don't blame them in a way - the competition is fierce and matching client and contractor for happy outcomes is hard.

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Quick take

That which is produced or occurs as a result of an event or process.

Meaning at a glance

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noun

That which is produced or occurs as a result of an event or process.

noun

(education) The anticipated or desired results or evidence of a learning experience (often used in the phrase learning outcomes).

noun

(probability theory) The result of a random trial. An element of a sample space.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for outcomes.

noun

That which is produced or occurs as a result of an event or process.

noun

(education) The anticipated or desired results or evidence of a learning experience (often used in the phrase learning outcomes).

noun

(probability theory) The result of a random trial. An element of a sample space.

Example sentences

I don't blame them in a way - the competition is fierce and matching client and contractor for happy outcomes is hard.

You can’t predict in advance what will happen to you, but none of the likely outcomes will be good.

Postselection gives you the power to choose the outcomes of certain measurements while normal measurement doesn't give you that power.

Would this create a system not just with unequal outcomes, but with inequality by design?

As outcomes become less equal, a smaller and smaller proportion of individuals foot that bill.

He weights every minute detail in a intuitive way and computes most likely outcomes.

Wouldn't a greater bias to fund them lead to worse outcomes for those categories?

For applications that need data that is publicity verifiable, such as the weather or sports outcomes, it could work, but if the information is not is publicity verifiable, e.g.

Maybe it would actually turn out to produce really silly outcomes, who knows.

Are there any credible studies showing their infants have worse health outcomes?

There are some things where profit motive works against the best outcomes.

When you build a work environment that encourages people to spend their entire waking lives at work, this may be one of the outcomes.

Quote examples

Something I wrote in an earlier thread: Denmark's electricity price is the highest in the EU "when you count in taxes and VAT, which go to produce other useful outcomes.