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 was no animosity among the event planners and the protesters despite the festival having roughly a week’s notice to relocate after the start of the encampment. Chris Biderman, Sacramento Bee, 13 May 2024 Yet there's serious anthropological scholarship that argues warfare began 200,000 or 300,000 years ago, far longer ago than the start of agriculture around 12,000 years ago. Barbara J. King, NPR, 13 May 2024 When Fox released its schedule for the start of the 2024-25 season Monday, there was a surprise omission from the lineup: Family Guy. Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 May 2024 The Heat will have until June 30, 2025 to sign Butler to this two-year max extension, but Butler and his camp will push to sign this max extension prior to the start of next season. July 12: Las Vegas summer league begins and runs through July 22. Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 12 May 2024 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

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“The start.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20start. Accessed 16 May. 2024.

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