for starters
Example Sentences
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Arsenal have got to be careful they don't warm up in the Chelsea half again, for starters.
From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026
Woods called for changes to Venezuela’s laws governing oil and gas, for starters, although he said that Exxon could have a team of experts assessing the situation within weeks.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 14, 2026
He also said that increasing eligibility starting at age 50 is not very scientific; for starters, it’s unfair to 49-year-olds.
From Salon • Nov. 2, 2025
The streak ended only because McVay rested or minimized snaps for starters in the season finale.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 13, 2025
And that, as it would turn out, was just for starters.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.