at the outset

Idioms  

1. Also, from the outset. At the start, from the start. For example, He wanted to explain his position from the outset, but there wasn't time, or At the outset the problem seemed simple, but then it became quite complicated. The noun outset is rarely heard today except in these phrases. [Mid-1700s]

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Example Sentences

“Mr. Musk has admittedly done more than one thing that naysayers have called impossible at the outset so we wouldn’t necessarily count him out,” wrote the Bernstein analysts, led by Stacy Rasgon.

From MarketWatch

Agentic AI is fundamentally shifting the compute landscape in AI data centers, which relied heavily on graphics processing units at the outset.

From MarketWatch

Alas, note at the outset that Beijing itself doesn’t believe the economy is improving.

From The Wall Street Journal

“I don’t think any of us understood at the outset what magnitude that would be,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times

To make a time jump back to 2008 for a moment, consider that one reason “Hancock” achieved such success is that it dropped at the outset of what would become the age of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

From Salon

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