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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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Palantir, Broadcom, Nvidia, Intel and Alphabet were among nearly 70 U.S.-listed companies that fetched a multiple of at least 10 times trailing revenue at the start of this week.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

It's exactly the same with McGinn, who was out for a few weeks at the start of the year.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

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

Fears of artificial-intelligence disruption only added to the pain at the start of 2026.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

When I said at the start that I’d never read this book, that’s true.

From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman

at the start

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