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at the start

ADVERB
originally
Synonyms
STRONGEST
basically formerly
STRONG
primitively
WEAK
at first at the outset by birth by origin first in the beginning in the first place incipiently primarily to begin with
Antonyms
WEAK
secondarily
ADVERB
primarily
Synonyms
WEAK
at first first and foremost from the start in the first place initially originally primitively
Antonyms
WEAK
finally secondarily

Example Sentences

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Hurzeler arrived at Brighton at the start of last season following a successful spell at St Pauli.

From BBC • May 4, 2026

Spirit Airlines has ceased operations after a failed rescue effort collapsed, ending the airline’s 34-year run and leaving thousands of workers and travelers facing immediate disruption at the start of peak summer travel planning.

From Salon • May 2, 2026

Part of the headwind was the significant number of patients that needed to go through an insurance benefit reauthorization process at the start of the year, which pushed approvals into late March.

From Barron's • May 1, 2026

Nunes, one of Trump’s earliest and most ardent supporters, left Congress to run the company at the start of 2022.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

When Scotland’s Second Highland Light Infantry Battalion was finally taken out of action, only thirty men remained of the more than one thousand who had come to France at the start of the war.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman