How to Use starting point in a Sentence

starting point

noun
  • Select any food or drink, then use that item as your visionary starting point.
    — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 May 2023
  • Now, Fox is gone and Monk is taking over as the team’s starting point guard.
    — Jason Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 4 Feb. 2025
  • And who else but starting point guard Veronica Burton to make the biggest play of the game.
    — Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Flagg once again served as Dallas’ de facto starting point guard Saturday.
    — Christian Clark, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2026
  • All three picked up their player options, as did starting point guard D’Angelo Russell.
    — Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2024
  • Afterwards, participants head up to the course starting point.
    — Seward Hospitality, Anchorage Daily News, 14 June 2023
  • There were pregame concerns about the health of starting point guard Brittney Sykes, who was a huge influence in that first win.
    — Kareem Copeland, Washington Post, 15 June 2024
  • Parker is the backup to starting point guard Isaac Parson and gives up about nine inches in height to him in practice.
    — Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 29 Feb. 2024
  • And that scenario, star quarterbacks or starting point guards would see the biggest payday, Derdenger said.
    — Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 24 May 2024
  • How did starting point guard Jalen Suggs make just 1 of 10 shots while committing five turnovers?
    — Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 May 2026
  • Heading into next season, Isaacs could be slated as A&M's starting point guard.
    — Tony Catalina, Austin American Statesman, 30 Mar. 2026
  • While there still is more to be unlocked, the possibility of emerging as the Heat’s starting point guard of the future is not a stretch.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 17 Apr. 2026
  • And this may be a kind of starting point for collecting data on the nuances of customs and business culture in different countries.
    — Alexander Konovalov, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Along with Plum’s foul trouble, starting point guard Erica Wheeler finished with five fouls.
    — Marisa Ingemi, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2026
  • Las Vegas continues to struggle without starting point guard Chelsea Gray, who is out with a foot injury.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 June 2024
  • The Sparks also lost starting point guard Julie Allemand to Toronto in the expansion draft last week.
    — Marisa Ingemi, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
  • The Lakers also didn’t have starting point guard D’Angelo Russell, who missed his fourth straight game with a right ankle sprain.
    — Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2023
  • But starting point guard Sam Cassell suffered an avulsion fracture in his hip at the end of the conference semifinals.
    — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Even after starting point guard Fred VanVleet was lost for the whole season, the expectations remained sky high.
    — Robert Marvi, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2025
  • The long term plan is for Sheppard to eventually supplant starting point guard Fred VanVleet.
    — Rahat Huq, Forbes, 24 Nov. 2024
  • Donte DiVincenzo was Minnesota’s starting point guard in a bit of a surprising move.
    — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 23 Oct. 2025
  • In a way, the Circus Maximus performance is an even better live starting point for the Utopia era than the Pyramids would have been.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Graves said that in addition to Crump, Texas starting point guard Rori Harmon deserved credit for getting her to the free-throw line.
    — Danny Davis, Austin American Statesman, 29 Mar. 2026
  • His injury came at an inopportune time, considering starting point guard Jalen Brunson was already out with a right ankle sprain.
    — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 7 Apr. 2025
  • The Kansas Jayhawks survived one game without starting point guard Dajuan Harris.
    — Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 29 Jan. 2025
  • The Raptors were playing without starting point guard Immanuel Quickley, who is managing a strained right hamstring.
    — Zach Powell, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2026
  • Burton struggles For the second straight game, starting point guard Veronica Burton struggled to get going.
    — Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 21 June 2026
  • Then in mid-November, after just 12 games, starting point guard Jrue Holiday suffered a calf injury.
    — Jason Quick, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Meanwhile, Neto looks like the type of guard the Broncos can build around as soon as next year, after starting point guard Dylan Andrews graduates.
    — Idaho Statesman, 3 Jan. 2026
  • The address, which serves as a sort of starting point for budget negotiations between the mayor and city council, typically happens in August.
    — Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 6 Aug. 2025

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