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from scratch

ADVERB
from the very beginning
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Try making your nut butters from scratch before adding in the chia seeds.

From Salon • Mar. 31, 2026

For a team that has been built from scratch in what was without question a tricky process that's a decent effort.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

Milton told The Wall Street Journal that “social media was used and created to show the process of building a company from scratch and the process of failures and overcoming failures to build a company.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

Active or “hot” production lines that are already running typically take between eight and 12 weeks to make missiles, while cold lines building the technology from scratch can take 12 to 28 months.

From Barron's • Mar. 5, 2026

Just stares into the campfire he and Scoob built together from scratch.

From "Clean Getaway" by Nic Stone