at the beginning
Example Sentences
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One is at the end of November, and the other is at the beginning of January, so I’m wondering how much I should expect to budget.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026
“I’ll say that at the beginning of the day I felt way more nervous than at the end,” Lopez said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
To us, the house salad that got passed around at the beginning of every meal was perfect, save for one ingredient: the plump, black olives.
From Salon • Jun. 3, 2026
Bashir left Somerset at the end of last season to join Derbyshire, where he has taken 15 wickets in six County Championship matches at the beginning of this summer.
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026
Born enslaved at the beginning of the nineteenth century, Alfred Jackson died a free man as the twentieth century began.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
