How to Use kick-start in a Sentence
kick-start
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This round of the menu was kick-started with the bread course.
—Chelsea Davis, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
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Ahead, find some of the best clothing care tips to kick-start spring.
—Hedy Phillips, Peoplemag, 9 May 2024
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The Olympics can kick-start projects that have sat dormant on a city’s to-do list.
—Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2024
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That's a 20-to-1 payout to kick-start your bankroll in the coming days.
—Tim Van Straten, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
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Ohio State did not take too kindly to the move and the brawl kick-started.
—Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 1 Dec. 2024
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Lyon then turned the key and tried to kick-start the ancient machine to life.
—Steve Appleford, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2024
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But isn’t Bondi the one who is supposed to end the weaponization, not kick-start it?
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 23 Apr. 2025
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Could lower rates kick-start the blockchain's next big moment in 2025?
—Tomer Warschauer Nuni, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
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The state did not comply with the order, which kick-started the issue.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 15 Apr. 2025
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Passage of the package is crucial to kick-starting the process.
—Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 26 Feb. 2025
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Or trade him in the next seven weeks and get something in return to kick-start the retool.
—Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2025
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Or trade him in the next seven weeks and get something in return to kick-start the retool.
—Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2025
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With the pair at the helm, the goal was to standardize the superhero universe and kick-start a new epoch for the studio.
—Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2025
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His father helped kick-start Martin’s path to the majors.
—Varun Shankar, BostonGlobe.com, 15 June 2023
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The 18 Bakeries in Paris A few of our favorites to kick-start your sweet adventures.
—Paris Wilson, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Apr. 2024
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The 18 Bakeries in Paris A few of our favorites to kick-start your sweet adventures.
—Paris Wilson, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 July 2024
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SpaceX’s goal is to use these missions to kick-start its own era of human spaceflight.
—Jonathan O’Callaghan, WIRED, 10 Sep. 2024
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Plus, with the holidays right around the corner, now is the perfect time to kick-start your gift shopping.
—Amber Love Bond, Travel + Leisure, 23 Nov. 2024
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Channing Collins kick-started the Lake Ridge bats with a solo home run leading off the bottom of the third.
—Greg Riddle, Dallas News, 5 May 2023
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To kick-start puberty and calm the haters, Ritchson threw himself into the gym.
—Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Apr. 2024
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The idea is to identify actions that will kick-start your learning in a way that’s easy to add into your day.
—Helen Tupper sarah Ellis, Harvard Business Review, 9 Sep. 2024
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Fill your plate with more fruits and vegetables, whole grains and beans, and kick-start your day with a high-fiber cereal.
—Women's Health, 12 Apr. 2023
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Here’s how to kick-start your Spanish quest without overtourism.
—Jessica Benavides Canepa, AFAR Media, 4 June 2025
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Neither runner wound up scoring, and the Giants won the game in extra innings to kick-start a four-game sweep.
—Dan Brown, The Mercury News, 18 June 2024
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Mr Stone’s discovery kick-started one of the most heart-wrenching puzzles in the world of horse racing.
—Grrlscientist, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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What's next: The vote kick-starts the full design process for the project, which will include community input.
—Mike D'onofrio, Axios, 19 Dec. 2024
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The Pacers' series win was kick-started by an historic comeback, and Jade Jones basked in it.
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 2 June 2025
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Eleven years after her prison time, Justin Bieber helped kick-start her reinvention.
—Ana Calderone, People.com, 2 Nov. 2024
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White kick-started the rally with a 3-pointer that put the Celtics back ahead, then drew a charge on Banchero to put the Magic star in early foul trouble.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 26 Apr. 2025
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The macrophage eats the virus, creating antigens that kick-start T-cells, which then activate B-cells to help white blood cells attack the cold virus.
—Vulture Editors, Vulture, 23 July 2025
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