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[Andy Bach]

I recall it as a computer/science term - something like a digital display,
appears to be state dept/diplomacy usage
Jun 28, 2014 - *Readout* of Secretary Kerry's *Meetings* With Syrian
Opposition Council
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=29&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjH-ZXBsfzlAhUiL30KHcPkC_Q4ChAWMBJ6BAgJEAE&url=https%3A%2F%2F2009-2017.state.gov%2Fr%2Fpa%2Fprs%2Fps%2F2014%2F06%2F228557.htm&usg=AOvVaw0ovCieio3eUVIbIQJ0cU6q

https://ustr.gov ›
readout-meeting-between-united-states-trade-representati...
<https://ustr.gov/readout-meeting-between-united-states-trade-representative-michael-froman-and-canadian-minister-inte>
Jun 25, 2013 - *Readout* of the *Meeting* Between United States Trade
Representative Michael Froman and Canadian Minister of International Trade
Ed Fast

The UN page has heading "Readouts" back to at least 1/2017

On Thu, Nov 21, 2019 at 4:44 PM Alice Faber <afaber at panix.com> wrote:

> On 11/21/19 5:31 PM, Barretts Mail wrote:
> > The word “readout” in the Trump impeachment hearings this week confused
> me. It was used at least three times; I haven’t been following too closely.
> >
> > Neither the OED nor Merriam-Webster have the meaning intended.
> Wiktionary (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/readout <
> https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/readout>) has: "An account of the topics
> discussed in a meeting, especially in diplomatic or political contexts.”
> >
> I first noticed this usage at the beginning of the current
> administration, and had to intuit the meaning from context.
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