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Example Sentences

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“We’re here to win,” May said at the outset of the tournament.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

From the outset, the justices gave Trump’s solicitor general, John Sauer, a frosty reception.

From Slate • Apr. 1, 2026

Agentic AI is fundamentally shifting the compute landscape in AI data centers, which relied heavily on graphics processing units at the outset.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 20, 2026

From the outset, the company was a little vague about what the service actually entailed.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026

The government decided at the outset that the American Expeditionary Force would be made up mostly of draftees.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman