outset
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That may also be why certain sensitive topics were not dealt with directly by the presidents, Lopes said, speculating that the leaders avoided issues considered "unsolvable from the outset".
From BBC • May 7, 2026
To make those rates bearable, credit funds structured some loans at the outset to let borrowers meet some interest obligations with noncash payments-in-kind.
From Barron's • May 6, 2026
“Mr. Musk has now been cleared of all issues related to the late filing of forms in the Twitter acquisition, as we said from the outset he would be,” Spiro said.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026
OpenAI plans to contribute up to $1.5 billion of its own cash—$500 million at the outset, with an additional possible $1 billion—to disseminate its enterprise tools among portfolio companies owned by private-equity firms.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
The stimuli that set them off at the outset, building collectively instead of shifting things about, may be pheromones released when they reach committee size.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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