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outset

[out-set] / ˈaʊtˌsɛt /




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That puts them at odds with Zillow, whose business model revolves around displaying for-sale and rental listings on the internet from the outset.

From MarketWatch Aug. 27, 2026

Almost from the outset, it appeared as though the outcome of the department’s investigation into the allegations was “predetermined,” according to Flores.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 2026

Niu Lai was a low-budget, lowkey production from the outset, and had received almost no publicity before its release earlier this month.

From BBC Aug. 17, 2026

“It’s just the way that this business goes,” Adams said at the outset of training camp.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 9, 2026

Since the outset of their voyage through featureless ocean and anonymous ice pack, the officers and crew of Endurance had been able to track their exact location and chart their zigzagging progress on their maps.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong

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

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

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




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