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also git-go
as in beginning
the point at which something begins
from the get-go, their relationship was tumultuous and doomed to fail
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Recent Examples of get-go
This is heralded as the superhuman pursuit that was earlier hoped would be in AGI at the get-go.
Year 2043: Emergent meta-reasoning in AGI.
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Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
The logic would seem to infer that AGI that lacks intelligence flaws is, in fact, flawed at the get-go.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2025
The failure of our planning department to do so at the get-go is a major mistake in governance.
—Dp Opinion, The Denver Post, 3 Mar. 2025
No sense in working on generating an answer since the detection at the get-go was triggered.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
Perry knew Washington would be his Charity Adams at the get-go.
—Jessica Wang, EW.com, 20 Dec. 2024
Handy Prompting Template For Your Use Generative AI won’t necessarily be ready at the get-go to make use of a business policy and turn it into usable business rules.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
The approach of doing so at the get-go is typically referred to as quantization-aware training (QAT), while the alternative approach of doing so afterward is known as post-training quantization (PTQ).
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
There is a low likelihood of being able to data train generative AI at the get-go on the logic of humans because the data source of the Internet tends to omit the logic that might have been employed.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
The logic would seem to infer that AGI that lacks intelligence flaws is, in fact, flawed at the get-go.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2025
The failure of our planning department to do so at the get-go is a major mistake in governance.
—Dp Opinion, The Denver Post, 3 Mar. 2025
No sense in working on generating an answer since the detection at the get-go was triggered.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
Perry knew Washington would be his Charity Adams at the get-go.
—Jessica Wang, EW.com, 20 Dec. 2024
Handy Prompting Template For Your Use Generative AI won’t necessarily be ready at the get-go to make use of a business policy and turn it into usable business rules.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
The approach of doing so at the get-go is typically referred to as quantization-aware training (QAT), while the alternative approach of doing so afterward is known as post-training quantization (PTQ).
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
There is a low likelihood of being able to data train generative AI at the get-go on the logic of humans because the data source of the Internet tends to omit the logic that might have been employed.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for get-go
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What began as one family’s search for a life in rhythm with the land has bloomed into a thriving village where 70% of the acreage has been protected under a land trust from the beginning.—
Chrissy Tracey,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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Since the beginning, her writing has been intimate and personal, emblematic of a storyteller who can pinpoint a fleeting emotion and describe scenes fit for a rom-com.—
Alphonse Pierre,
Pitchfork,
7 Aug. 2025
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The Elmbrook School District is considering changing its school start and end times, an idea that could affect the schedules of nearly 8,000 students.—
Alec Johnson,
jsonline.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Federline got his start as a back-up dancer in the mid-Nineties.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
6 Aug. 2025
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In less than half a year since its inception, the company secured $2 billion in seed funding in July, reaching a valuation of approximately $12 billion.—
,
CNBC,
11 Aug. 2025
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The Cheval Noir represents the political fight that pushed Montreal to become one of Canada’s most progressive cities — an ideology that’s been at the core of the festival since its inception.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
9 Aug. 2025
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“Get-go.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/get-go. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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