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Almost from the outset, it appeared as though the outcome of the department’s investigation into the allegations was “predetermined,” according to Flores.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

At the novel’s outset, María has just chosen to abandon her university studies and her Marxist reading group to focus on her true passions—partying and listening to the Rolling Stones.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

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

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026

But the parents can at least feel better knowing that, from the very outset, they tried their best.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt

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