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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.
Recent Examples of outset from the Web
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The Phoenician and Canyon Suites for $400 million from Starwood Hotels & Resorts in June 2015, promised a major renovation from the outset.
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From the outset, the family said, the idea was for Ashly and her father to surrender to U.S. authorities.
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From the outset, the State Department recognised that volunteer-run groups would be more effective than government propagandists.
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Command of his curveball was elusive from the outset.
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Benson said Szarmach’s testimony showed that Buncich not only sought bribes while in office but started ahead of his 2010 election, which guaranteed the Lake Station tow operator a spot on the county’s tow list from the outset.
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Combined with its spotty military control, the Empire is probably doomed from the outset.
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From the outset, Fulmer looked back to his normal self — perhaps even a tick better.
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Comparison: Khris Middleton Bridges’s length and defensive prowess will be a problem for opponents from the outset.
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First Known Use of outset
1759
outset Synonyms
Synonyms
alpha, baseline, beginning, birth, commencement, dawn, day one, genesis, get-go (also git-go), inception, incipience, incipiency, kickoff, launch, morning, nascence, nascency, onset, start, threshold;
Antonyms
close, conclusion, end, ending, omega;
Near Antonyms
cessation, closing, closure, completion, finale, finish, period, stop, termination, windup;
Related Words
drawing board, first base, ground zero, square one;
creation, founding, inauguration, initiation, institution, origination;
cradle, fountain, fountainhead, germ, origin, root, seedbed, source, spring, well, wellspring;
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: the start or beginning of something
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