at the beginning

Example Sentences

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The data still includes the United Arab Emirates, which left the group at the beginning of May.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

“I’ll say that at the beginning of the day I felt way more nervous than at the end,” Lopez said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

Led by French phenom Victor Wembanyama, they’re more of a Cinderella story; they had little chance of winning the NBA Finals at the beginning of the year, per the oddsmakers.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026

The church said the number of people coming in for meals rose by about 50% at the beginning of the year.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

But something I couldn’t see or understand was holding me together so that I didn’t completely break and stop working, like my cell phone at the beginning of summer.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas