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Niu Lai was a low-budget, lowkey production from the outset, and had received almost no publicity before its release earlier this month.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026

"DOI provided less than fulsome information at the outset of this case," the document said.

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026

Little Rock parents appear to be doing the same; enrollment declined from 20,786 at the outset of wide-scale restorative-justice implementation to 18,964 this past school year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

In a statement, Paramount said “Today’s agreement is a significant win because the result is exactly what we have sought from the outset: a direct path to a trial based on the evidence.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

I said at the outset of this chapter that societies classified in the same category are not all identical to each other, because humans and human groups are infinitely diverse.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

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

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