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at the outset
Idioms and Phrases
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]Example Sentences
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.
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.
Military analysts estimate two-thirds of the 1,000 sq/km gained at the outset have since been lost.
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.
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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