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
From the outset, Steinem cemented her status as a radically different type of style icon.
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Leah Bourne, Glamour, 25 Mar. 2025
Away from the grueling land battles and devastating airstrikes, the Ukraine war has from its outset had a naval element.
—Colin Flint, The Conversation, 25 Mar. 2025
At the board meeting, port commissioners also directed staff to use a progressive design-build project model, meaning the agency will solicit interest from architects and general contractors who can jointly work on the project from its outset under a single contract.
—Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Mar. 2025
So that was what connected me to them from the outset.
—Jeremy D. Larson, Pitchfork, 21 Mar. 2025
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Leah Bourne, Glamour, 25 Mar. 2025
Away from the grueling land battles and devastating airstrikes, the Ukraine war has from its outset had a naval element.
—Colin Flint, The Conversation, 25 Mar. 2025
At the board meeting, port commissioners also directed staff to use a progressive design-build project model, meaning the agency will solicit interest from architects and general contractors who can jointly work on the project from its outset under a single contract.
—Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Mar. 2025
So that was what connected me to them from the outset.
—Jeremy D. Larson, Pitchfork, 21 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outset
Noun
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At the beginning of last year, Del Rey shared a snippet of the ballad without any context.—
Maya Georgi,
Rolling Stone,
11 Apr. 2025
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At the beginning of Carrie Coon‘s time in Thailand filming this season of The White Lotus, she — along with her costars Leslie Bibb and Michelle Monaghan — was reckoning with the idea that their plotline felt much quieter than the others.—
Seija Rankin,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Apr. 2025
Noun
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With his win last year, Scheffler joined Horton Smith as the only two golfers to earn his first two Masters wins in five or fewer starts.—
Ryan Canfield,
FOXNews.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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Walmart stock was off to a hot start Wednesday morning, climbing 4 points (5.0%) in the first hour of trading.—
Kevin Ryan,
Quartz,
9 Apr. 2025
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Here’s How Elton John’s AIDS Foundation Is Rising to the Occasion One of the largest organizations in the world devoted to HIV/AIDS relief faces perhaps its most critical year since inception.—
Samantha Riedel,
Them.,
4 Apr. 2025
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Veteran publishing executive Robert Gottlieb, the chairman of the literary agency Trident Media Group who has been following the trend since its inception, is only slightly more measured.—
Andy Lewis,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Apr. 2025
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More importantly, failing to articulate an acceptable mistake at the onset will leave your team without the language to define which levers were most important to drive business goals.—
Rebecca Shaddix,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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Measles rash appears three to five days after the onset of the first symptoms.—
USA Today,
USA Today,
7 Apr. 2025
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Jeannie Leavitt, the first female fighter pilot in the U.S. Air Force, delivered the spring commencement speech last year.—
Brayden Garcia,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 Apr. 2025
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Oscar winner Jane Fonda will deliver USC’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism commencement speech as its 2025 keynote speaker, the school announced today.—
Tom Tapp,
Deadline,
3 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The bickering dynamic between Black and Momoa becomes the story’s driving force, with the rest of the cast left to roll their eyes at the wannabe alphas and/or jettisoned to their own subplots just to keep them out of the way (Myers and Brooks get the worst of both worlds).—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
2 Apr. 2025
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Culkin no doubt relished the challenge of playing an alpha dog, rather than the puppy-like sidekicks he most frequently is cast to play.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Apr. 2025
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“Outset.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outset. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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