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The tournament expanded from 24 teams to 32 at the start of the 1999-2000 season, with a second group stage then played before being replaced with the round of 16 in 2003-04.
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Will Jeanes, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
Russia recently launched its second-largest missile barrage on Kyiv since the start of the war.
—Brett Erickson, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
The new assessments would be in place for the start of the 2027-2028 school year.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Sep. 2025
There weren’t any immediate red flags in the months leading up to the start of school, but on the first day fellow teachers told her about one student’s severe behavioral issues.
—IndyStar, 3 Sep. 2025
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Will Jeanes, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
Russia recently launched its second-largest missile barrage on Kyiv since the start of the war.
—Brett Erickson, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
The new assessments would be in place for the start of the 2027-2028 school year.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Sep. 2025
There weren’t any immediate red flags in the months leading up to the start of school, but on the first day fellow teachers told her about one student’s severe behavioral issues.
—IndyStar, 3 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for the start
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“The start.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20start. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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