starters
Example Sentences
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Coach Sean McVay does not play starters or other projected significant contributors during the preseason.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
And they have been slow starters in the Champions League recently - needing a knockout phase play-off tie after failing to finish in the top eight both times - before finishing strongly to win.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
It means there is a chance just four of the starters who faced the French champions 18 months ago will start for Villa.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
When today’s starters exit a game, they are simply replaced by a bullpen arm who comes in and does the same thing: maximize effort for velocity and spin on every pitch.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
At the crack of the starters pistol, the pint-sized pilots released their brakes, hunched down into their homemade roadsters, and willed their cars down the hill.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
