as in beginning
the point at which something begins
I wish you'd mentioned this problem at the outset
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Recent Examples of outset
But these recurring problems may be the result of a manager who is failing to sufficiently spell out expectations at the outset of an assignment, or effectively delegate a new task to someone.
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Bruce Tulgan, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
At the outset of Marquardt’s testimony, Freedman parroted one of Trump’s catch phrases about the network.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 13 Jan. 2025
In his first term, Trump pledged to avoid even the appearance of conflicts of interest at the outset of his presidency, but ended up openly courting business to his properties instead.
—Bernard Condon, Chicago Tribune, 10 Jan. 2025
At the outset of 2024, many suggested that even if not winning office, generative AI would play a pivotal role in—and pose significant risks to—democratic elections, as more than 2 billion people voted in more than 60 countries.
—Vittoria Elliott, WIRED, 26 Dec. 2024
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Bruce Tulgan, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
At the outset of Marquardt’s testimony, Freedman parroted one of Trump’s catch phrases about the network.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 13 Jan. 2025
In his first term, Trump pledged to avoid even the appearance of conflicts of interest at the outset of his presidency, but ended up openly courting business to his properties instead.
—Bernard Condon, Chicago Tribune, 10 Jan. 2025
At the outset of 2024, many suggested that even if not winning office, generative AI would play a pivotal role in—and pose significant risks to—democratic elections, as more than 2 billion people voted in more than 60 countries.
—Vittoria Elliott, WIRED, 26 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outset
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Popular on Variety At the beginning, these demonstrations are at the margins of the film — more like background noise than an integral part of the plot.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
18 Jan. 2025
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There are mini challenges, smaller assignments, at the beginning of the episode, while maxi challenges test contestants on several different skills.—
Katie Decker-Jacoby,
StyleCaster,
17 Jan. 2025
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After getting off to a rocky start, the company got a boost in the form of a $30 million token purchase by Justin Sun, a cryptocurrency executive who has been targeted by the Securities and Exchange Commission on fraud claims unrelated to World Liberty Financial.—
Karen Yourish,
New York Times,
17 Jan. 2025
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Askarov is the real deal — so much so that limiting his starts might be for the best given how fierce the race for last place is.—
Dom Luszczyszyn,
The Athletic,
17 Jan. 2025
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But opinions on this issue have actually remained pretty consistently in favor of the Paris agreement since its inception: 62 percent of Americans were opposed when Trump withdrew from it for the first time back in 2017, and the same share supported Biden's decision to rejoin in 2021.—
Mary Radcliffe,
ABC News,
22 Jan. 2025
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More meme coins have emerged since the inception of fartcoin.—
Yun Li,Jesse Pound,
CNBC,
21 Jan. 2025
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Exposure to air pollution such as wildfire smoke can also lead to the onset of asthma in otherwise healthy people, Lamb said.—
Karen Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Jan. 2025
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Chronic stress disproportionately impacts Black women and is a major contributor to the onset of serious health conditions.—
Jameelah Nasheed,
Essence,
13 Jan. 2025
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In 2018, 2001 Dartmouth graduate Mindy Kaling returned to campus to give a hilarious commencement address.—
Diana Pearl,
People.com,
2 Dec. 2024
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Courage Under Fire evidenced that, especially following a kerfuffle just days before over Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker’s commencement address at Benedictine College in Kansas.—
Liam Adams,
The Tennessean,
31 Oct. 2024
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Democratic Socialists, vaccine skeptics, anti-Zionists, manosphere alphas—these are not people known for casual political engagement.—
Daniel Immerwahr,
The New Yorker,
20 Jan. 2025
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But a different kind of sialic acid receptor, alpha 2,6, is more prevalent in the human respiratory tract.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
The Mercury News,
8 Jan. 2025
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“Outset.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outset. Accessed 28 Jan. 2025.
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