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  • noun Plural form of outgoer.

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Examples

  • But if the neocons in Israel are anything like the neocons in the U.S., if the purge occurred, the incomers were less competent than the outgoers, because in radical movements, adherence to the cause is much more important to advancement than competence at the job.

    The Invasion | ATTACKERMAN 2009

  • Lacedaemonian troops stood lining the road on both sides, beginning from the gates, and watched the outgoers; and with their spears in their hands, in spite of bitter hatred, kept aloof from them with less difficulty than the Mantineans of the better classes themselves — a weighty testimony to the power of Spartan discipline, be it said.

    Hellenica 2007

  • In the early 1990s, incomers and outgoers were roughly in balance.

    Archive 2004-09-26 Laban 2004

  • This is partly because, when you put the two together, Britain has more incomers than outgoers, and thus a net inflow of population.

    Archive 2004-09-26 Laban 2004

  • This is partly because, when you put the two together, Britain has more incomers than outgoers, and thus a net inflow of population.

    Goodbye England Laban 2004

  • In the early 1990s, incomers and outgoers were roughly in balance.

    Goodbye England Laban 2004

  • The outgoers looked at Arnold curiously as he made his way among them in

    Hilda A Story of Calcutta Sara Jeannette Duncan

  • The outgoers looked at Arnold curiously as he made his way among them in

    The Path of a Star Sara Jeannette Duncan

  • The road was divided into separate ways for footmen, for men on horses, and men in chariots; and those again into separate ways for outgoers and incomers.

    Ben-Hur, a tale of the Christ 1901

  • Homefarers and outgoers jostled Curly on the narrow stone sidewalk.

    Heart of the West [Annotated] O. Henry 1886

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