Examples of outset in a Sentence
There have been problems with the project from the outset.
From its very outset, the company has produced the highest quality products.
He made it clear at the outset that he is not going to quit his job.
She set high goals for herself at the outset of her career.
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Maresco may be searching himself in some sense, though the film is fashioned from the outset as a more literal search.
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Guy Lodge, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025
Sure didn’t look that way at the outset, and Sabalenka used a nifty drop-shot-volley-winner combination to help go up a break and grab a 4-2 lead.
—Howard Fendrich, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
The only time this percentage has been higher since City joined the informal ranks of that group was in 2009, at the outset of their Abu Dhabi project.
—Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
From the outset, the cosmic-folk group resembled not only a band but an ongoing emotional experiment.
—Emma Madden, Pitchfork, 4 Sep. 2025
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Guy Lodge, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025
Sure didn’t look that way at the outset, and Sabalenka used a nifty drop-shot-volley-winner combination to help go up a break and grab a 4-2 lead.
—Howard Fendrich, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
The only time this percentage has been higher since City joined the informal ranks of that group was in 2009, at the outset of their Abu Dhabi project.
—Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
From the outset, the cosmic-folk group resembled not only a band but an ongoing emotional experiment.
—Emma Madden, Pitchfork, 4 Sep. 2025
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“Outset.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outset. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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outset
noun
out·set
ˈau̇t-ˌset 
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