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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Alia Shoaib, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025
Bringing Chris Paul back for a second stint with the Clippers was a good idea in the beginning.
—Janis Carr, Oc Register, 3 Dec. 2025
She wasn’t asked to chair them yet, not in the beginning.
—Leyla Shokoohe, Cincinnati Enquirer, 30 Nov. 2025
Always have your survival kit McCauley shared several stories of things that went wrong, especially in the beginning before GPS was invented.
—Celeste Edenloff, Twin Cities, 28 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for in the beginning
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