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“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,” a Paramount spokesperson said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026

From the outset, Fedorov -- who never served in the army -- clashed with the military's command and their traditionally stiff approach.

From Barron's ● Jul. 16, 2026

At the outset of the game, Cape Verde giving Argentina a scare didn’t just seem unlikely.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026

Comcast said it expects the tax-free spin-off in approximately one year and that it will hold up to 19.9% of NBCUniversal at the outset.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 29, 2026

If inventions are as idiosyncratic and unpredictable as the disk seems to suggest, then efforts to generalize about the history of technology may be doomed from the outset.

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

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 Raymond, W. O. (William Odber)

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 Guthrie, William

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 Quinby, Hosea