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

More calamitous defending in the beginning, another self-inflicted wound that was a complete game-changer, another day without a goal - four in a row now.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

I remember there was a little squeezing at the wrong time in the beginning, but I think you’re there now.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026

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

From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026

I hadn’t thought about it so much in the beginning, and this is not remotely to compare myself to him, but our enterprises have a lot of similarities.

From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026

“Amazing to think this room made up the whole bookstore in the beginning, isn’t it?”

From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman

in the beginning

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