from scratch
Example Sentences
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"If massive black holes already existed immediately after the bounce, the early Universe would not need to start from scratch when building the first galaxies," Gaztañaga said.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026
Now it is like Groundhog Day, with a new lower court trial that will essentially start from scratch.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026
But that is relatively simple compared with designing a new viable virus from scratch.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
The pushback against human involvement similarly dogged Koji Kinjo's 2009 opening of an "artificial sea" that he built from scratch in the village of Yomitan.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
You do not come by words like this easily; they cannot just be made up from scratch.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
