starting point
Example Sentences
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If your real-estate agent, builder, friend or family member recommends a specific lender to you, consider it a starting point rather than a final answer, said National Association of Mortgage Brokers President Kimber White.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
On Friday, Lord Justice Jeremy Baker, sitting at the Court of Appeal in London, said the panel was "quite satisfied" that the sentencing judge decided an appropriate starting point for the sentence.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026
Occasionally Mr. Paul’s violin swoons and shrieks in a manner we associate with the instrument, but he’s just as likely to use it as a starting point for an electronic drone.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
Perhaps there isn’t a starting point so much as a continuation, marching forward through life, grappling with the unexpected events that occur, and all the complicated feelings that come with them.
From Salon ● Jun. 29, 2026
It’s like being told I have cancer and might need a part of me removed—the part called starting point guard.
From "Boy21" by Matthew Quick
