for starters
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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
It’s less stupid, for starters, and more diabolical.
From Slate • Jul. 22, 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
His priority was to stockpile antiretroviral drugs—enough, for starters, to treat twenty-five patients in Cange who had full-blown AIDS.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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