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Examples of outset in a Sentence
There have been problems with the project from the outset.
From its very outset, the company has produced the highest quality products.
He made it clear at the outset that he is not going to quit his job.
She set high goals for herself at the outset of her career.
Recent Examples on the Web
Apropos of legal belligerence, suggesting lawsuits at the outset immediately trades the conference room for the courtroom, and that’s not a place to work out differences.
—Patrick Wallis, Baltimore Sun, 24 May 2024
When the Jewish Department investigates more serious terrorist threats, it is often stymied from the outset, and even its successes have sometimes been undermined by judges and politicians sympathetic to the settler cause.
—Mark Mazzetti Jonathan Davis Anna Diamond David Mason, New York Times, 16 May 2024
Their mission is vague, described only by a bit of on-screen text at the outset.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 16 May 2024
Schweikert has won seven terms in the House, and is facing yet another race where he is considered vulnerable at the outset.
—Ronald J. Hansen, The Arizona Republic, 15 May 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1759, in the meaning defined above
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“Outset.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outset. Accessed 6 Jun. 2024.
Kids Definition
outset
noun
out·set
ˈau̇t-ˌset
More from Merriam-Webster on outset
Nglish: Translation of outset for Spanish Speakers
Britannica English: Translation of outset for Arabic Speakers
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