How to Use to begin with in a Sentence

to begin with

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• Of course, that only works if your goals were clear to begin with.
  — Dev Patnaik, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
• These stocks have weak holders to begin with who don't know how things are working out.
  — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 5 July 2026
• Of thinking there was any other path but the slippery slope to begin with.
  — Andy Andersen, Vulture, 24 July 2026
• Or—and here’s a new one—that the election was never legal to begin with.
  — Hanna Rosin, The Atlantic, 16 July 2026
• Michael Pittman is gone from a wide receiver group that wasn’t one of the league’s best to begin with.
  — Darren Cooper, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
• There was a certain amount of skepticism baked into the ceasefire to begin with.
  — Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 17 July 2026
• Burnout happened because caring was buried under work that never should have been theirs to begin with.
  — Frantz M. Berthaud, STAT, 7 July 2026
• The Tigers also aren't a major offensive force to begin with.
  — David Troy, FOXNews.com, 21 July 2026
• The real problem was a scheduling process upstream that ran the machines too hot to begin with.
  — Sanjay Brahmawar, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
• Generally speaking, there aren’t many teams willing to spend that much money on a player to begin with.
  — Will Sammon, New York Times, 6 July 2026
• That means the hiring gains are concentrated at firms that were already heavier AI users to begin with.
  — Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 30 June 2026
• In other words, shoppers chasing the highest number on the shelf may be chasing a number that was never real to begin with.
  — Peter Su, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
• So before that reckoning reaches real projects, a chunk of the market is already counting work that was never agentic to begin with.
  — Robert J. Szczerba, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
• Many people included in these studies may not have been deficient in vitamin D or calcium to begin with.
  — Lindsay Curtis, Verywell Health, 1 July 2026
• Surely, the Trumpian economic scenario was wildly overoptimistic to begin with.
  — John Cassidy, New Yorker, 13 July 2026
• But the options for someone who can’t or doesn’t drink, but just really craves a glass of wine—and isn’t a big cocktail drinker to begin with—are surprisingly still limited.
  — Oset Babür-Winter, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 June 2025
• There are often fewer international flights to begin with, meaning airlines don’t need to make as many changes to capacity in order to have full flights.
  — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 30 June 2026
• Despite all of this, the main translation is mostly unchanged from the 1995 version, which is fine as that was a great translation to begin with.
  — Ollie Barder, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
• The percentage gains are likely because there is such a small pool to begin with, and some borrowers are doing cash-out refinances to take advantage of big gains in home equity.
  — Diana Olick, CNBC, 15 July 2026
• The Trevor Project isn’t active, but only because the administration canceled the services to begin with.
  — Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 29 June 2026
• In the Pretti case, what happened is that federal officials just blocked state and local officials from accessing the evidence and the scene to begin with.
  — Hanna Rosin, The Atlantic, 9 July 2026
• Learning and Help Procreate helps along burgeoning artists who aren’t sure how to begin with a free Beginner Series.
  — Shelby Putnam Tupper, PC Magazine, 17 July 2026
• Not because anyone targeted the company but because the company was never encoded as a separate entity to begin with.
  — Joseph Byrum, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
• When Pretti was killed one week later by masked immigration officers, federal officials simply blocked state law enforcement from accessing the scene to begin with.
  — Quinta Jurecic, The Atlantic, 6 July 2026
• Though desirable to begin with, a need for a starter was heightened when McClanahan exited a July 30 start against Texas due to back tightness.
  — Tom Layberger, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
• Last week, The Athletic spoke to Watt about that, what brought him to Burnley to begin with, the ups and downs of the past four seasons and how the club might break that cycle (by dropping the downs, not the ups).
  — Matt Slater, New York Times, 31 July 2026
• The hearing in Barrow County court is expected to begin with victims’ families and survivors, many of whom spoke powerfully at Colt’s sentencing.
  — Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 30 July 2026
• Chelsea’s statement on Friday said their focus is supporting Mudryk’s reintegration, which is expected to begin with him joining their pre-season tour in Hong Kong next week.
  — Cerys Jones, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026
• Pegula stood too far behind the baseline to begin with, but her first step also appeared to be backward, not forward, forcing an awkward return high above her strike zone, which allowed Gauff to put away balls or drag Pegula out of position.
  — Ava Wallace, New York Times, 7 July 2026
• But to keep your clothing wrinkle-free to begin with, the Tibes Convertible 2-in-1 Garment Bag is our favorite hack that rolls up to make a duffel convenient for carrying and stowing.
  — Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 26 June 2026