How to Use the start in a Sentence

the start

noun
  • Yet, these changes are just the start.
    — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 30 May 2026
  • That’s just the start of his new plush life.
    — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 7 Apr. 2026
  • As the games have been added, the start time has not.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Feb. 2026
  • Ralph asks at the start of the trailer.
    — Jeremy Helligar, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Why alienate them at the start?
    — James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Demand has been strong from the start.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 23 Mar. 2026
  • But that has to be merely the start of it.
    — Sam McDowell 27, Kansas City Star, 27 Jan. 2026
  • That looked to be the start of a big inning.
    — Andy Martinez, Chicago Tribune, 13 June 2026
  • That's supposed to be the start of fall.
    — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 17 Sep. 2025
  • None of that was on the table from the start.
    — Sarah Botstein, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Busier times will mean longer waits at both the start and end of your stay.
    — Juliana Shallcross, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Feb. 2026
  • The initial four-film slate is seen as just the start.
    — Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 29 Oct. 2025
  • That was just the start of the team’s troubles that day.
    — Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 13 June 2026
  • The event will have its own stream closer to the start time.
    — Dale Denwalt, Oklahoman, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Mortgage rates haven't moved at all at the start of this week.
    — Diana Olick, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Brayan Bello will get the start.
    — Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 4 June 2026
  • For Nacua, this is only just the start.
    — Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Pfaadt was on the mound at the start of the seventh, though not for long.
    — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026
  • And Klinsky says that’s just the start.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 31 Mar. 2026
  • The price of gas has risen more than 30% since the start of the war.
    — Sean Nevin, NBC news, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Things didn't look promising for France at the start.
    — ABC News, 17 Feb. 2026
  • This is only the start for the airport.
    — Julio Ojeda-Zapata, Twin Cities, 29 May 2026
  • Of course, the start of 2027 is still many months away.
    — Zev Fima, CNBC, 17 Mar. 2026
  • From the start, the program was a success.
    — Charles Duhigg, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
  • The movie had been challenging from the start.
    — Jon Landau, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2025
  • There have been 30 new outbreaks since the start of the year.
    — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 29 May 2026
  • Make voice the start of your thinking, not the fallback.
    — Chris Schembra, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2025
  • And that list could grow leading up to the start of the Games.
    — Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 27 Jan. 2026
  • But to be able to encounter that from the start and think, Wow!
    — Emily Temple, Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Trump’s tariffs have been chaotic from the start.
    — Linda Sánchez, Oc Register, 9 May 2026

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