How to Use jump-start in a Sentence
jump-start
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This mid-line stop disrupts the flow of the song and jump-starts the flow of our tears.
—Jessica Gentile, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2023
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Getting outside clears the mind and jump-starts the body for the day.
—Bypeter Vanham, Fortune Europe, 11 July 2024
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This is a chance to jump-start your future with the city.
—News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2025
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The winter meetings are the time to jump-start that process.
—Jared Wyllys, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
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Maybe an 8-1 win over those Mariners is the jump-start the club needs to get into gear.
—Dan Freedman, Forbes.com, 5 May 2025
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There was a hop, a skip and a jump-start for Newcastle.
—George Caulkin, The Athletic, 25 Jan. 2025
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Though his first film was Welcome to the Dollhouse (1995), Rush Hour is the movie that gave him a jump-start.
—EW.com, 29 June 2024
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Her schedule got jump-started by that near miss at the 2023 Pan Am Games.
—David Wharton, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2024
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Now the country's leaders are firing up a new round of plans to jump-start growth.
—Joel Mathis, theweek, 27 Sep. 2024
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Atlanta wanted to run up and down the floor, jump-starting its offense on the fast break.
—Peter Warren, Dallas News, 16 Sep. 2023
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One-time state funding of $243 million would jump-start the program.
—Molly Beck, Journal Sentinel, 14 Mar. 2023
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One-time state funding of $243 million would jump-start the program.
—Corrinne Hess, Journal Sentinel, 21 Feb. 2023
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To jump-start this rebuild, Vrabel wants guys who play and act a certain way.
—Chad Graff, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025
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Patzer pushed for 15 years to jump-start the data collection process but said she was stymied by red tape.
—Ben Tanen, Washington Post, 8 Feb. 2024
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Matt Wallner jump-started the offense, tripling off the wall in center field.
—Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 3 Apr. 2025
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Charlotte jumped ahead in the top of the fourth when Brandon Stahlman jump-started the offense with a solo homer to right field.
—Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 28 May 2023
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Fringed Coats Princess Eugenie also helped jump-start the fringed coat craze in late 2022.
—Brittany Natale, Woman's Day, 25 Apr. 2023
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In the case of the Mandelbrot set, computers helped to jump-start an entire field.
—Quanta Magazine, 26 Jan. 2024
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Both incumbents trailed in the polls and proposed the debates to jump-start their campaigns.
—Frederic J. Frommer, Washington Post, 26 June 2024
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That massive impact could have played a role in jump-starting life.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 6 Mar. 2025
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The 6-foot-3 sophomore guard always comes off the bench with purpose and flair, showing his readiness to jump-start the offense.
—Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune, 20 Jan. 2025
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There are many places in the world that never had telephones by wire and jump-started to mobile data.
—Izzie Ramirez, Vox, 21 Nov. 2024
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Will the Buffalo Bills’ signing of Leonard Floyd jump-start the edge-rusher market?
—Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 10 June 2023
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Some even offer motorboat tows to jump-start your trip.
—Kyle Stokes, Axios, 27 Jan. 2025
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The data jump-started a big bond price rally, meaning yields fell.
—Jeff Marks, CNBC, 20 Dec. 2024
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Our programs are designed to jump-start the recovery process.
—CBS News, 12 Jan. 2025
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The items on this list sound nice to liberal ears: Defeat Hamas, free the hostages, capsize Netanyahu’s coalition, end the war, and jump-start the peace process.
—Matthew Continetti, National Review, 30 Mar. 2024
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The Rangers outscored Baltimore by 10 in the three-game sweep that jump-started their run to a World Series victory.
—Taylor Lyons, Baltimore Sun, 28 June 2024
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The president is set to talk to Vladimir Putin tomorrow, trying to jump-start Russia-Ukraine peace talks.
—ABC News, 18 May 2025
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Almost a decade later, in 2018, lawmakers jump-started the program after still more landslide deaths.
—Jennifer Berry Hawes, ProPublica, 21 May 2025
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