make a start
Example Sentences
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It still suggests sales picked up and hints at a solid start to a key period for retailers, covering Black Friday sales as consumers make a start on holiday shopping.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025
Lough Neagh is a long-term challenge fraught with many difficulties, and it will take all the players working together to make a start on addressing them.
From BBC • Jul. 17, 2024
The track’s exceptionally long straight from the start into the first corner make a start from second or third the optimal position to draft and pass the front car.
From Washington Times • Oct. 27, 2023
We’re going to have to make a start at some point, and if we had done it then, the economies of scale would have kicked in and we would have become used to things.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 11, 2023
One Saturday afternoon when Timmy was in bed with 'flu, I decided to make a start on the roof all by myself.
From "The Witches" by Roald Dahl
