outset
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"That finding shaped our choice of cooling configuration from the outset," with "advanced air cooling" chosen instead of water cooling.
From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026
Lewis Koumas: Making his first Premier League start and the 21-year-old got stuck in from the outset in an energetic display that was loved by the Anfield crowd.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
Flick has taken a different route with the players who arrived later in pre-season, working them hard from the outset.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
Now, some companies’ plans to hedge against higher costs that they locked in early this year or after the war’s outset are ending, said Charlie Macnamara, head of U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
The reader, then, may care to know at the outset that in 1955 the eldest of the Glass children, Seymour, had been dead almost seven years.
From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger
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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 W. O. (William Odber) Raymond
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 William Guthrie
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 Hosea Quinby
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