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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

The Bruins dominated from the outset, holding Texas to a season-low six points in the first quarter as the Longhorns made just three shots.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

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

From Slate • Apr. 1, 2026

“Mr. Musk has admittedly done more than one thing that naysayers have called impossible at the outset so we wouldn’t necessarily count him out,” wrote the Bernstein analysts, led by Stacy Rasgon.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 23, 2026

We all learn to respond to incentives, negative and positive, from the outset of life.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt