for starters

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Arsenal have got to be careful they don't warm up in the Chelsea half again, for starters.

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026

They don’t perform in the same way; gold, for starters, is seen as a countercyclical asset.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 3, 2026

He also said that increasing eligibility starting at age 50 is not very scientific; for starters, it’s unfair to 49-year-olds.

From Salon • Nov. 2, 2025

And it’s nothing new — think the Christian pilgrimages to Santiago de Compostela, Jerusalem and Rome of the Middle Ages, for starters.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2024

Dinner was prawn cocktails in wine glasses for starters, lamb chops with chef’s hats with duchesse potatoes and braised celery for main, and a Baked Alaska for "dessert," not "afters."

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell