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outset

[out-set] / ˈaʊtˌsɛt /




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“It’s just the way that this business goes,” Adams said at the outset of training camp.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 9, 2026

Somebody has offered such an argument, and Justice Alito mentions it at the outset of our interview when I ask him about his own book.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

Arday's critics claim that his work relied on copying other academics without properly crediting their work from the outset, which he denies.

From BBC Aug. 6, 2026

He said that the five defendants had denied almost every allegation against them from the outset.

From BBC Aug. 3, 2026

Now, at the outset of the space race, leaving the building at ten o’clock would be a good night.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

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

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

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

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




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