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

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The 407-foot rocket was designed from the start to be fully reusable, a key to lowering launch costs. — Arkansas Online, 29 Sep. 2026

In contrast, some discount the 1960s dates and consider the start to be 1972, when the ZANLA insurgency began a new, more intense level of guerrilla fighting. — Chinatsu Tsuji, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 Sep. 2026

During the long grind of an 82-game NBA regular season, the Heat’s hope is this players-only getaway marks the start of a successful year after missing the playoffs last season for the first time since 2019. — Miami Herald, 29 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for the start

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