starters

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For starters, understand how the 4% rule works.

From Barron's • Apr. 19, 2026

All five of the Lakers starters scored in double figures.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2026

Those three veterans will be joining a team with two returning starters — Kelsey Plum and Dearica Hamby — but little else.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026

Aaron Ramsdale, Sven Botman, Joelinton and stand-in captain Jacob Murphy were the only starters over the age of 25, yet that was not the most striking aspect of this team selection.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026

At the crack of the starters pistol, the pint-sized pilots released their brakes, hunched down into their homemade roadsters, and willed their cars down the hill.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly