How to Use the start in a Sentence

the start

noun
  • The stock is down about 4% since the start of the year.
    Samantha Subin, CNBC, 20 Sep. 2024
  • And just look at the sea change from the start of this year.
    Nbc Universal, NBC News, 19 Nov. 2023
  • But that's just the start of the film's dream team of actors.
    Clark Collis, EW.com, 5 Apr. 2023
  • And that’s just the start of her busy 2023, which has five more of her plays on the way.
    Gordon Cox, Variety, 18 Apr. 2023
  • Cold Moon This moon marks the start of the year's coldest months.
    Jill Gleeson, Country Living, 19 Apr. 2023
  • Box Gable: On a box gable, the gable's end is closed and the wall stops below the start of the gable.
    Kamron Sanders, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 June 2024
  • Since the start of the year, the agency has made more than 200 runs to the location.
    Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 20 Sep. 2024
  • Guarnaschelli asked Gomez at the start of the clip above.
    Antonia Debianchi, Peoplemag, 28 Nov. 2023
  • The package marked the body’s 10th round of sanctions against Russia since the start of the war.
    Anumita Kaur, Washington Post, 25 Feb. 2023
  • In the end, Charton and the kids came for two weeks at the start, then Culkin was on his own for the next three.
    Mattie Kahn, Vogue, 25 Sep. 2024
  • Bastian is now in Paris for the start of the 2024 Olympics, which opens on Friday.
    Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 24 July 2024
  • The same goes for Leigh as Susan, hamstrung from the start.
    Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 25 Sep. 2024
  • Some women have not seen their husbands at all since the start of the war.
    Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Just be open to everything from the start and things will tend to work out.
    Atonio Mafi, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2023
  • And from the start, methadone was one of the biggest weapons in his arsenal.
    Carol Sutton Lewis, Scientific American, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Drive through your front heel to stand back up to the start position.
    Addison Aloian, Women's Health, 23 Feb. 2023
  • The team is in the middle of a swing of six exhibition games leading up to the start of the Olympics.
    Sapna Bansil, Washington Post, 11 July 2024
  • At the start of each race, Brussel plunges into the pool from a diving block.
    Sydney Page, Washington Post, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Those were years when the United States stood at the brink, or already at the start, of major wars.
    Ed Lotterman, Idaho Statesman, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Since the start of the pandemic, grocery prices have risen 25%, the report states.
    Jasmine Browley, Essence, 16 Aug. 2024
  • At the start of the Utopia film, Renn boards a flight a seat apart from Zoey, a therapist with a fear of flying.
    Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 23 July 2024
  • But from the start, Donahue welcomed the crowd into his show.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2024
  • Right from the start, Alan and Marcia worked to protect their son, and his assets.
    Katie Mannion, Peoplemag, 4 Feb. 2024
  • After all, Sale hadn’t been in a position to take the ball at the start of a season since 2019.
    Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Brief protests were snuffed out by police at the start of the war and now are all but non-existent.
    Patrick Reevell, ABC News, 24 Feb. 2023
  • 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
  • The fast food chain first made their mouth-watering announcement at the start of the month.
    Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 12 Mar. 2024
  • With Karen Fairchild, this seems like maybe the start of a different chapter for her.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 17 Aug. 2024
  • But Wilson’s first touchdown of the game in the first drive of the third quarter tied the game and his extraordinary one-handed grab at the start of the fourth quarter gave the Jets the lead.
    Ben Morse, CNN, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Set Clear Expectations Set clear expectations from the start.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024

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