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outset

[aut-set] / ˈaʊtˌsɛt /




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"That finding shaped our choice of cooling configuration from the outset," with "advanced air cooling" chosen instead of water cooling.

From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026

Now, some companies’ plans to hedge against higher costs that they locked in early this year or after the war’s outset are ending, said Charlie Macnamara, head of U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

“Communicating from the outset that this is a finite plan, not an infinite plan, is really important so you don’t have to have an uncomfortable conversation years down the road,” Flach says.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

The Houthis, whose heartland is among Yemen's Zaidi Muslims in the country's north, seized the capital Sanaa in 2014 at the outset of the civil war, driving the government to Aden in the south.

From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026

Perhaps the safest thing to do at the outset, if technology permits, is to send music.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas

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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