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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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Werro controlled Saturday's 800m race from start to finish, winning in one minute 55.88 seconds to underline her position as the event's current leading athlete.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

Lactococcus lactis was detected in all three cheeses from start to finish.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026

The passport check process took about 10 minutes from start to finish.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

Writing like this ensures that “Diarra From Detroit” remains nimble from start to finish of each episode.

From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2026

There would be nothing between me and my food, from start to finish.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan

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