in the beginning
idiom
: at the start
The company was very small in the beginning, but it eventually became a giant corporation.
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Personally, O’Donnell said he’s still involved in the business, but not as much as in the beginning.
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Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 28 Apr. 2025
My parents didn’t support me too much in the beginning.
—Katie Bain, Billboard, 10 Apr. 2025
What appealed to me, in the beginning, as someone with family members who worked in public health, was the show’s perceptive depiction of a health care system in crisis.
—Judy Berman, Time, 11 Apr. 2025
By all accounts, the school took the reporting requirement seriously in the beginning.
—Stacy St. Clair, ProPublica, 4 Apr. 2025
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Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 28 Apr. 2025
My parents didn’t support me too much in the beginning.
—Katie Bain, Billboard, 10 Apr. 2025
What appealed to me, in the beginning, as someone with family members who worked in public health, was the show’s perceptive depiction of a health care system in crisis.
—Judy Berman, Time, 11 Apr. 2025
By all accounts, the school took the reporting requirement seriously in the beginning.
—Stacy St. Clair, ProPublica, 4 Apr. 2025
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