the start

noun

: the place where a race begins

The runners lined up at the start.

Examples of the start in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

At the start of this election cycle, the notion that Democrats would seriously compete in such deep-red bastions as Kansas, Mississippi, South Carolina and Texas would have seemed absurd. — Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026

Neither of those seats was a Democratic target at the start of this election cycle, but both races saw later investment as the environment appeared to degrade for Republicans. — David Weigel, semafor.com, 4 Nov. 2026

Ouellette scored three touchdowns – on a 41-yard run, a 67-yard run and a 66-yard run – in a six-minute span at the start of the second half to break open the game and Bristol Central went on to win 38-14 at Conard. — Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 3 Nov. 2026

At 2-5, this is not the start that two-time NBA MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo expected or hoped for when he was traded to the Miami Heat this past offseason. — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 3 Nov. 2026

Rhymes for the start

• apart
• depart
• flowchart
• forepart
• impart
• pushcart
• rampart
• redstart
• restart
• subpart
• sweetheart
• upstart