head start

Example Sentences

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The higher baseline - or head start - means similar summer weather patterns now reach heatwave and extreme heat thresholds more easily.

From BBC • May 28, 2026

If what you say is true, she may have already gotten a head start on doing just that.

From MarketWatch • May 25, 2026

Cannes’ late spring date gives movies playing there a head start in gaining the attention of awards voters and film critics.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

I was able to get a head start on recovery by going to bed early.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

In his most famous puzzle, “The Achilles,” Zeno proves that swift Achilles can never catch up with a lumbering tortoise that has a head start.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife