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 WebApropos 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 See all Example Sentences for outset
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