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from start to finish

ADJECTIVE
throughout
Synonyms
WEAK
all over all the time all through around at full length completely during every bit everyplace everywhere far and near far and wide for the duration from beginning to end from end to end from one end to the other from the start from the word go high and low in all respects in every place in everything inside and out on all accounts over overall right through round the whole time through the whole of to the end up and down

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"My wife, Lucy, and my son Will, we've all been part of it and seen it from start to finish," he added.

From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026

"It was toxic from start to finish – you tried to avoid certain people but because you work with them you couldn't, they were always there," says former NHS worker Harvey Cooper.

From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2026

Driving the Porsche 911 Cup for GMG Racing in the Mobil Pro Class, the 22-year-old Australian led from start to finish in Race 1 of the Carrera Cup North America on Saturday.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 19, 2026

"We are going to have a generation of people who will never have written anything from start to finish in their entire lives," he said.

From Barron's ● Apr. 12, 2026

He began at the beginning and spoke it from start to finish in the same words.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

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