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Recent Examples of starters
With most starters sitting out the preseason opener and Kenny Pickett and Dillon Gabriel dealing with hamstring injuries, Stefanski turned to Sanders as the starter and primary option Friday night.
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Zac Jackson, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2025
Zac Jackson, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for starters
Noun
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McIlroy's choices included four different appetizers, a first course, a main course, dessert and four wine selections, and many of the selections were a nod to McIlroy's personal and golfing life.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
18 Mar. 2026
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Opt for a sampling platter of northern Thai appetizers such as sai oua sausage and nam prik chilli relish with local vegetables, and don't miss the coconutty khao soi curry soup.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
17 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Even the Spotted Stone bar gets in on the eco action, utilizing all ingredients and minimizing waste (lemon and lime skins are processed and used to make homemade syrups for cocktails, for example).—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
20 Mar. 2026
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Signature cocktails include the royal colada and passion fruit mojito.—
Zacharia Washington,
Dallas Morning News,
20 Mar. 2026
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Despite running on an iPhone chip, the Neo can download apps from any source—not just the App Store—and any app that a Mac is compatible with, so is the Neo.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
20 Mar. 2026
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The Fire Phone’s proprietary Fire OS lacked popular apps available in the Android and iOS app stores, and had a complicated multi‑camera screen system for displaying 3D images that used so much battery power that the handset often overheated.—
Greg Bensinger,
USA Today,
20 Mar. 2026
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But Iran's attacks are still choking off oil supplies and raising food and fuel prices far beyond the Middle East.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
21 Mar. 2026
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Higher supplies are not released until April.—
Jamie Leary,
CBS News,
21 Mar. 2026
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The food shies away from the typical — no crab rangoon here — for finger foods that harken to cuisines outside the South Pacific, like Jamaican style jerk shrimp skewers ($18) and salmon ceviche ($16).—
Sean Timberlake,
Sacbee.com,
6 Feb. 2026
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Use them for serving finger foods, grabbing items from a hot toaster, or serving on a buffet.—
Rebecca Jones,
Southern Living,
21 Dec. 2025
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“Starters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/starters. Accessed 24 Mar. 2026.
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