start out
Example Sentences
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To start out, there was a museum here which was modeled a bit after Lincoln Center.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026
“And they need to start out by listening, by asking rural people, ‘What are your needs here?
From Salon • Mar. 17, 2026
As a member of Gen Z, I have had the option of reading books digitally for most of my life—and I didn’t initially start out as a physical-book purist.
From Slate • Mar. 8, 2026
The bigger screens start out as indulgences for gadget nerds, but by 2020, nearly everyone is upsizing.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026
“Think of somebody walking around the world. You start out walking away from something and end up coming back to it.”
From "Coraline" by Neil Gaiman
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