the start

noun

: the place where a race begins
The runners lined up at the start.

Examples of the start in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web There were fears at the start of the year that there was little room for serious plays on Broadway. Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2024 From the start, Rodriguez, 21 at the time, saw the blueprint for what would become a lasting career in the glare of the Hollywood mainstream. Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Apr. 2024 Right from the start, the goal is clear to serve this beautiful, age old, timeless spiritual tradition of Baul. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 30 Apr. 2024 Reales Dominguez is scheduled to return to court June 18 for the judge to schedule the start of his trial. Rosalio Ahumada, Sacramento Bee, 29 Apr. 2024 At the start of the series against Florida, a reporter for The Athletic asked the former Bruins goalie Andrew Raycoft, now an analyst for NESN, whether the team should continue alternating netminders each game during the playoffs. Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 27 Apr. 2024 Those rate increases helped cool inflation drastically -- until the decline stalled out at the start of this year. Christopher Rugaber The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 27 Apr. 2024 This week, Venice rolled out an experimental policy to charge day visitors a fee to access the historic city center, and the Indonesian island of Bali started imposing a tourist tax at the start of this year. Koh Ewe, TIME, 26 Apr. 2024 The event was supposed to take place in November but was moved after the start of the war, says Emily Kruse, the temple’s board president. David Oliver, USA TODAY, 18 Apr. 2024

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“The start.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20start. Accessed 4 May. 2024.

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