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at the start

ADVERB

originally

Synonyms

STRONGEST

basically formerly

STRONG

primitively

WEAK

at first at the outset by birth by origin first in the beginning in the first place incipiently primarily to begin with

Antonyms

WEAK

secondarily

ADVERB

primarily

Synonyms

WEAK

at first first and foremost from the start in the first place initially originally primitively

Antonyms

WEAK

finally secondarily

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"I feel like I'm in the bubble. I don't know what's going on. I'm just very happy to be here," said Chwalinska, who was a 500-1 outsider at the start of the tournament.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

By the end of 2025, the agency’s head count was roughly one-quarter smaller than it had been at the start of the year, according to one count.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026

So England reached out to Robinson, telling him at the start of the summer he was back on the radar.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

“Choose life . . . I chose not to choose life. I chose somethin’ else,” says Mark Renton at the start of “Trainspotting.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

Shaker Heights took attendance seriously: at the start of each class, a teacher filled out a Scantron marking anyone absent.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng

at the start

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