outset
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The accounts have contribution limits and at the outset were to be invested in index funds.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026
At the outset of the hearing, Mr Justice Scoffield told the court that he would reach a "swift" decision either later this week or next.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
All of it boils down to simple questions Gibney poses at the film’s outset: How could Musk assume so much power, and why have we given it to him?
From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026
"That finding shaped our choice of cooling configuration from the outset," with "advanced air cooling" chosen instead of water cooling.
From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026
From the outset, some in the Washington shell house felt that by agreeing to go to Cal, Ebright had betrayed the institution that had nurtured him.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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Those series knew what they wanted to accomplish at their respective outsets, but could not match that overall intent with endings that were previously determined for them.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2021
Mr. Blodget tells us that he never expected to advance more than a quarter of the outsets.
From Glimpses of the Past History of the River St. John, A.D. 1604-1784 by W. O. (William Odber) Raymond
But the outsets, with the strictest economy, must always of necessity be large, showing that crime is an important drawback to industry and thrift.
From The Prison Chaplaincy, And Its Experiences by Hosea Quinby
When a part of the common is enclosed and farmed, the enclosure is called an outset; but the outsets are never included in the numeration of merks of rental land.
From Second Shetland Truck System Report by William Guthrie
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