from start to finish

phrase

: from the beginning to the end
The race was close from start to finish.

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This piece of fashion history acted as a bookend, appearing again in the collection’s final look — honoring fashion’s matriarch from start to finish. — Fiona Sinclair Scott, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2026 The clip takes fans through the making of the music video from start to finish, with Swift breaking down her creative process, directing scenes and sharing funny moments with the video’s stars, Dakota Johnson and Colin Farrell. — Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 3 Oct. 2026 Schwarz said in a post on X that Nucleus is now regularly running four-to-six-hour shifts, with the robot completing a job from start to finish. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2026 There’s no point creating a single speedy department if another department serves as a bottleneck; the system is considered aligned only when the workflow is optimized from start to finish. — Thomas Lim, Forbes.com, 24 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for from start to finish

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“From start to finish.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/from%20start%20to%20finish. Accessed 8 Oct. 2026.

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