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  • past tense form of start.
  • past participle of start.

started

ADJECTIVE
begun
Synonyms


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Sunday remembers how she and Jenkins started, then ended up close.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 19, 2026

The meeting had started in the office, but after a few minutes Nègre suggested they go outside.

From BBC Aug. 19, 2026

At age 7, he started playing with a flying toy made of cork, bamboo and rubber bands.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

Yet by late 2024 — not long after she’d dropped an LP, “What Now,” inspired in part by a divorce — the singer had started thinking about the Shakes again.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 19, 2026

The bus lurched dreadfully as it started up but we were standing too close together to fall.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom




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