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at the outset



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Also, from the outset . At the start, from the start. For example, He wanted to explain his position from the outset, but there wasn't time , or At the outset the problem seemed simple, but then it became quite complicated . The noun outset is rarely heard today except in these phrases. [Mid-1700s]
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On Thursday, stocks plummeted, with the S&P 500, Dow Jones industrial average and Nasdaq Composite all reaching their lowest one-day drops since the economy tanked at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.

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While antitrust lawsuits have disrupted industries before, industrywide change typically comes after years of litigation and court orders, not at the outset of a case, particularly one based on tenuous legal theories.

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Military analysts estimate two-thirds of the 1,000 sq/km gained at the outset have since been lost.

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According to this plan, which Netanyahu said Israel had accepted, half of the hostages would be released together at the outset, and the other half at the end.

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North Korea sealed its borders at the outset of the pandemic, shutting out diplomats, aid workers and travellers, and making it nearly impossible to know what was happening there.

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