for starters
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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
It’s less stupid, for starters, and more diabolical.
From Slate • Jul. 22, 2025
"I'd have prawn puri for starters, lamb rogan josh, Bombay potatoes with some saag aloo, peshwari naan, all the poppadoms, pilau rice, saag paneer," Benn says.
From BBC • Apr. 23, 2025
At Uncle Edisto’s funeral, Peach had fainted into the punch bowl, and that was just for starters.
From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
