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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

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 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

Prosecutors said the agency “provided less than fulsome information” at the outset of the case and was slow to share more information when pressed for it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

As I wrote at the outset of this book: The chilling truth is that Wes’s story could have been mine; the tragedy is that my story could have been his.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore

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

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

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