starting point
Example Sentences
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If your real-estate agent, builder, friend or family member recommends a specific lender to you, consider it a starting point rather than a final answer, said National Association of Mortgage Brokers President Kimber White.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
Occasionally Mr. Paul’s violin swoons and shrieks in a manner we associate with the instrument, but he’s just as likely to use it as a starting point for an electronic drone.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
"The New Reich Chancellery was the planning centre and starting point of World War Two and also symbolises the catastrophic end of the Nazi regime," the council said.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
Perhaps there isn’t a starting point so much as a continuation, marching forward through life, grappling with the unexpected events that occur, and all the complicated feelings that come with them.
From Salon ● Jun. 29, 2026
“I want to be the starting point guard and team captain.”
From "Boy21" by Matthew Quick
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