outset
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“Importantly, management has historically proven conservative at the outset of strategic periods, with guidance subsequently upgraded through the cycle,” they add.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
Since Argon is undergoing a limited rollout at the outset, it won’t contribute to meaningful financial gains for the company right away.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026
From the outset, Timby's inaugural Ireland trip seemed to take on a life of its own.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
That clearly will be the case from the outset in the Nations League, with this opening match against the new world champions.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
When you are organized to apply knowledge, set up targets, produce a usable product, you require a high degree of certainty from the outset.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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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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