get started

Example Sentences

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Google’s biggest advantage here may be that it already has access to emails, files and other documents—things you need to get started, and things you might not want to copy over to other platforms.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

Burgum was accompanied by more than two dozen mining company executives, who he said were "eager to get started" once the "red tape" had been cut.

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

That rate increases the later they get started, to 4.7% for those beginning when their child is 5 and to 8.2% when their child is 10, for instance.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026

“The extreme wildfires we’ve been seeing really didn’t get started until 2016,” said Ghilarducci, who is now chief executive of Emergent Global Solutions, a crisis management consulting firm.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

“The sooner we get started, the sooner it’s over.”

From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed