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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

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Like many other Ediacaran organisms, they vanished from the fossil record at the start of the Cambrian period roughly 540 million years ago.

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

England superfan Shang Jianxing, who bought a Portugal pet carrier for a friend, believes China's football culture is at the start of becoming a way of life.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

Apple has struggled to get its own AI innovation off the ground, and tapped Google to overhaul its Siri chatbot at the start of this year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Similarly, the S&P 500 rose 0.3% at the start of the week, compared to a 2.6% drop in the previous session.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

We could then change or swap characters at the start of the next level or “episode.”

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

at the start

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