outset
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At the outset of the hearing, which was not attended by family, the coroner said: "I would like to express my deepest condolences to Noah's family and friends and all those affected by Noah's death."
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
“Communicating from the outset that this is a finite plan, not an infinite plan, is really important so you don’t have to have an uncomfortable conversation years down the road,” Flach says.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
The Houthis, whose heartland is among Yemen's Zaidi Muslims in the country's north, seized the capital Sanaa in 2014 at the outset of the civil war, driving the government to Aden in the south.
From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026
The spouses can retain assets they owned at the outset, but any appreciation in those assets over the course of the marriage are typically divided equally.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
Yet from the outset the fascination with private detectives was mixed with aversion.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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Those series knew what they wanted to accomplish at their respective outsets, but could not match that overall intent with endings that were previously determined for them.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2021
But the outsets, with the strictest economy, must always of necessity be large, showing that crime is an important drawback to industry and thrift.
From The Prison Chaplaincy, And Its Experiences by Hosea Quinby
When a part of the common is enclosed and farmed, the enclosure is called an outset; but the outsets are never included in the numeration of merks of rental land.
From Second Shetland Truck System Report by William Guthrie
Mr. Blodget tells us that he never expected to advance more than a quarter of the outsets.
From Glimpses of the Past History of the River St. John, A.D. 1604-1784 by W. O. (William Odber) Raymond
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