How to Use the start in a Sentence

the start

noun

• The stock is down about 4% since the start of the year.
  — Samantha Subin, CNBC, 20 Sep. 2024
• And just look at the sea change from the start of this year.
  — Nbc Universal, NBC News, 19 Nov. 2023
• But that's just the start of the film's dream team of actors.
  — Clark Collis, EW.com, 5 Apr. 2023
• And that’s just the start of her busy 2023, which has five more of her plays on the way.
  — Gordon Cox, Variety, 18 Apr. 2023
• The statement was played at the start of the rosary in St. Peter's Square.
  — Jon Haworth, ABC News, 7 Mar. 2025
• Cold Moon This moon marks the start of the year's coldest months.
  — Jill Gleeson, Country Living, 19 Apr. 2023
• The good news is that change doesn’t have to be drastic from the start.
  — Ashar Samdani, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
• Box Gable: On a box gable, the gable's end is closed and the wall stops below the start of the gable.
  — Kamron Sanders, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 June 2024
• Since the start of the year, the agency has made more than 200 runs to the location.
  — Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 20 Sep. 2024
• Guarnaschelli asked Gomez at the start of the clip above.
  — Antonia Debianchi, Peoplemag, 28 Nov. 2023
• The package marked the body’s 10th round of sanctions against Russia since the start of the war.
  — Anumita Kaur, Washington Post, 25 Feb. 2023
• At the start, Andy’s hair was a long mop of dark brown, left untouched.
  — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 6 Aug. 2025
• The beloved actor has been stealing scenes from the start.
  — EW.com, 28 Jan. 2025
• In the end, Charton and the kids came for two weeks at the start, then Culkin was on his own for the next three.
  — Mattie Kahn, Vogue, 25 Sep. 2024
• Bastian is now in Paris for the start of the 2024 Olympics, which opens on Friday.
  — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 24 July 2024
• The same goes for Leigh as Susan, hamstrung from the start.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 25 Sep. 2024
• But the trade seemed to weaken at the start of the year, only to come roaring back.
  — Brian Evans, CNBC, 18 Jan. 2025
• Hiring the right people from the start is the best way to reduce turnover.
  — Roberta Matuson, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
• With the month of April almost here, the start of the 2025 NFL season draws closer.
  — C. Isaiah Smalls Ii, Miami Herald, 30 Mar. 2025
• Some women have not seen their husbands at all since the start of the war.
  — Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 23 Feb. 2023
• Just be open to everything from the start and things will tend to work out.
  — Atonio Mafi, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2023
• And from the start, methadone was one of the biggest weapons in his arsenal.
  — Carol Sutton Lewis, Scientific American, 20 Apr. 2023
• Mulkey benched Reese for a handful of games at the start of her senior year.
  — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 3 May 2025
• Combs has pleaded not guilty to the charges and last week lost a bid to delay the start of the trial.
  — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 23 Apr. 2025
• City Attorney David Chiu says the 16 sites in the lawsuit are just the start.
  — Jim Axelrod, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2024
• The average parent spends 20% of their annual income on child care, and for many, that is just the start.
  — Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 3 Feb. 2026
• Monday’s contest was thrilling from the start.
  — Lia Assimakopoulos, Dallas Morning News, 3 Feb. 2026
• But Iger’s return had a time limit from the start.
  — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 3 Feb. 2026
• The process was reinforced by the fact that some variables were off the table from the start.
  — Mitch Zimmer, Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2026
• As the games have been added, the start time has not.
  — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Feb. 2026