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beginnings

NOUN

ground floor

Synonyms

WEAK

first crack first stage head start preliminaries very beginning

NOUN

origin

Synonyms

STRONGEST

ancestry birth descent lineage

STRONG

blood extraction maternity parentage paternity pedigree stock

Antonyms

WEAK

close completion conclusion consequence death destiny effect end finale goal outcome outgrowth result termination

NOUN

root

Synonyms

STRONGEST

essence foundation heart origin seed soul source stem stuff

STRONG

basis bedrock bottom cause center crux derivation essentiality footing fountain fountainhead fundamental germ ground groundwork inception infrastructure mainspring marrow motive nub nucleus occasion pith provenance provenience quick quintessence radicle radix reason rhizome seat substance substratum tuber underpinning well

WEAK

rock bottom starting point

Antonyms

STRONGEST

effect end result

STRONG

conclusion consequence exterior exteriority extra outgrowth outside trivia

WEAK

derivation derivative sprout

NOUN

rudiments

Synonyms

STRONG

ABCs basics elements essentials foundation guts heart nitty-gritty principles

WEAK

first principles

Antonyms

STRONG

cowardice fear

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“It gave me a foot in the door,” Foote said of her call-center beginnings.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

This evolution -- 18 years after the company's scrappy beginnings in San Francisco -- is one of Airbnb's answers to increasingly tough restrictions on short-term rentals in key markets.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

“It should reflect American values: hard work, humble beginnings, doing right by your neighbor,” the interior designer Annie Elliott told HuffPost.

From Slate • May 18, 2026

Go to the beginnings of Hollywood and there are Robin Hood movies: Douglas Fairbanks, Errol Flynn, some shorts from even earlier.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

He felt weak and shivery, as though he were recovering from a bad bout of flu; he also felt the beginnings of shame.

From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling

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