head start

Example Sentences

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“These both got their head start on the downside, so the fact that they now appear to be stabilizing, I view to be a good sign.”

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

And how much does a parent give a child so they can have a head start in life, but just enough for them to go out and seek their fortune independently?

From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 2026

ChatGPT, OpenAI’s general purpose chatbot, had a head start and is more popular with consumers, so Anthropic has focused its attention on software developers and business customers.

From Barron's • Mar. 4, 2026

Over time, deliveries of Airbus’ competing class of A320 narrow-body jets caught up with deliveries of comparable 737s, despite Boeing’s roughly 20-year head start in the market.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 27, 2026

If so, perhaps that head start, amplified over the last 13,000 years, provides the answer to Yali’s question.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond