head start
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A digital waitlist lets you wander around the neighborhood, browse the shops, maybe get a head start on another errand.
From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026
Thuringia, Ms. Hoyer writes, “had a head start in the Nazification of society.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
Without investing, that extra $500 takes about 12 years to make up the $72,000 head start, so the break-even is roughly 79.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
While giving their kids a pensions head start is a powerful incentive for some parents, how do the children themselves feel about not being able to touch the money for potentially 50 years or more?
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
The cat allowed him a head start, perhaps to add interest to the chase.
From "Abel's Island" by William Steig
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