at the outset
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To make those rates bearable, credit funds structured some loans at the outset to let borrowers meet some interest obligations with noncash payments-in-kind.
From Barron's • May 6, 2026
OpenAI plans to contribute up to $1.5 billion of its own cash—$500 million at the outset, with an additional possible $1 billion—to disseminate its enterprise tools among portfolio companies owned by private-equity firms.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
If you have the bad luck of experiencing a market downturn at the outset, your slope of growth will forever be lower.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026
The town of Chorzów itself was one of the first invaded by German forces at the outset of the conflict in September 1939.
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026
Though she was calm at the outset of our interview, she became increasingly emotional as she started detailing the events surrounding he case.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
