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starting

[ stahr-ting ]

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adjective

being a price, amount, player lineup, etc., fixed at the beginning:
If you get hired, what will your starting salary be?
setting out on a course of action; taking the first steps in an activity:
The idea of the frosh pub mingle is for you to meet your fellow starting students.
coming to life, becoming active, or beginning to move:
She listened for the sound of a starting car, but all was still.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of starting¹

First recorded in 1810–15; start ( def ) + -ing ²( def )

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Thanks to injuries and ineffectiveness from the starting rotation, the bullpen’s 126 innings were far and away the most in the majors.

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Slater said the money will be doled out starting in January.

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Some businesses are starting to detail the costs of the measures for customers, with Shein and Temu among the online platforms to already announce price hikes.

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Still, people are starting to notice that something is…off.

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Baeza, who finished second in the Santa Anita Derby, is on the outside looking in, needing one horse to scratch before Friday morning to make the starting field.

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start in starting block

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