start off
Example Sentences
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The fans are all over the place — it’s harder to get someone in small rooms, and you have to start off that way.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
Ninety-four percent of Compass’s listings that start off as private eventually end up on the Multiple-Listing Service, according to Compass, and then, in theory, they end up on Zillow.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026
"We're going to start off slower and then increase our rates," Boland-Masterson said, describing the work ahead on the site's first 737 MAX 10 fuselage that was just beginning to be assembled.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
Within the niche category of meditation memoir, I’ve always appreciated narratives by dyspeptic Type As, the kind of meditators who start off by sitting in silent judgment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
We measure it, and Henry says, “Whoa! A forty-incher! You don’t start off small, that’s for sure. I’m guessing about twenty-three pounds. At about three dollars a pound, you’ve just earned about seventy dollars.”
From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
