in the beginning

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first adj.
originally adv.

ADJECTIVE

first

Synonyms

STRONGEST

early

STRONG

aboriginal antecedent anterior basic beginning cardinal front fundamental head inaugural initial key leading opening original pioneer premier primary prime primitive

WEAK

elementary first off headmost inceptive incipient introductory lead off number one numero uno primeval primogenial primordial pristine right up front rudimentary

Antonyms

STRONGEST

last

STRONG

ending extra final following second

ADVERB

originally

Synonyms

STRONGEST

basically formerly

STRONG

primitively

WEAK

at first at the outset at the start by birth by origin first in the first place incipiently primarily to begin with

Antonyms

WEAK

secondarily

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in the beginning

Everything is decided by consensus – such as installing solar panels - which Louise says can take time to get used in the beginning.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

He admits he didn’t understand quite what USC needed then, in the beginning.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

"This whole process was unknown in the beginning," Mishra says.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026

“The more pain you have in the beginning, the more passive it might be,” Keogh said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026

They were mistaken; the upstart’s experiments succeeded—partly because, in the beginning years, he labored eighteen hours a day.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote

in the beginning

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