How to Use from start to finish in a Sentence
from start to finish
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The Bruins led most of the way and controlled the game from start to finish.
—Jill Painter Lopez, USA TODAY, 7 Jan. 2024
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In my mind, that's just a bad idea from start to finish.
—Dodie Kazanjian, Vogue, 14 Mar. 2025
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Each car took about 17 days to build from start to finish.
—Sean Evans, Robb Report, 6 Apr. 2024
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And in 1990 the Tour witnessed the first broadcast of a stage live from start to finish.
—Tim Genske, Forbes.com, 20 July 2025
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Our first piece of advice: Read the recipe from start to finish.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 13 Mar. 2024
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Flaky on top, moist in the middle, tasty from start to finish.
—Justin L. MacK, Axios, 28 Jan. 2025
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Each piece is fired twice and takes about four weeks from start to finish.
—Tereza Shkurtaj, People.com, 18 May 2025
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There’s no team out there that has their full team from start to finish.
—Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 25 July 2023
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The rest of the process is easy but will likely take you an hour or two from start to finish.
—Beka Garris, Outdoor Life, 20 Nov. 2024
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But this gave us the chance to be gone for almost two months from start to finish.
—Christianne Klein, Travel + Leisure, 18 May 2025
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In the Big 12, Drew said the Bears need to be firing on all cylinders from start to finish.
—Michael Haag, Dallas News, 30 Dec. 2022
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With Speak No Evil, that's more or less the entirety of the film from start to finish.
—Megan McCluskey, TIME, 13 Sep. 2024
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The play was cast, rehearsed, and produced in three weeks from start to finish.
—Alena Naiden, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Feb. 2023
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Sunday’s effort might have been the worst of the season, from start to finish.
—Zack Rosenblatt, The Athletic, 29 Dec. 2024
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Live-bands, DJs, cheer squads and fans line the streets of downtown San Jose from start to finish during the run.
—Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 30 June 2024
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Lots of great and catchy hooks – a really fun ride from start to finish.
—Ron Hart, SPIN, 1 Apr. 2023
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For the first time ever, Jacob was able to sit through an NBA game from start to finish.
—Ryan Canfield, Fox News, 22 Mar. 2025
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The Brazilian Grand Prix was chaotic from start to finish.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 3 Nov. 2024
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This is one of the last albums of the rock era that masses of people listened to from start to finish.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 6 Aug. 2024
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This game was a blowout from start to finish with the Jaguars caught in a crossfire hurricane.
—Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 12 Mar. 2025
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In the video, Rosé belts along to the ten-minute track from start to finish, nailing every single lyric.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 7 Feb. 2024
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That was 15 minutes of music from start to finish that didn’t stop.
—Paul Grein, Billboard, 23 June 2025
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The tour that extends to 2024 makes a two-day stop in Los Angeles with a show to rock from start to finish.
—Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2023
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Bars in Westport, like Kelly’s and Tin Roof, were packed from start to finish.
—Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 17 Mar. 2025
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Minus the hard-boiling, the whole thing took five minutes from start to finish and left me with just one bowl to clean.
—Audrey Bruno, SELF, 3 May 2024
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The process of buying the West Town house, Tang’s fifth home purchase, took only a few weeks from start to finish.
—Lizzie Kane, Chicago Tribune, 31 July 2024
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City planners have said for years the project is likely to take between 18 and 24 months from start to finish.
—Lucas Aulbach, The Courier-Journal, 4 June 2024
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The way of shooting the scenes from start to finish in one go obviously helps.
—Adam B. Vary, Variety, 30 May 2025
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The Patriots' last training camp practices open to reporters from start to finish will be in Foxboro on Aug. 18 and 19.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 13 Aug. 2025
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Your voice should still come through, but AI helps polish it so your resume reads smoothly from start to finish.
—Sho Dewan, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
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