begin with
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Nothing makes much sense to begin with.
From Salon
The collaboration will begin with deliveries of SSAB’s zero product, with volumes increasing over time.
Patience explained how they’d gone around and asked everyone what they could share, and how people had given what they could, even when they didn’t have much to begin with.
From Literature
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Did he have any pride to begin with?
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Maybe, but it’s unlikely if they need your financial help to begin with.
From MarketWatch
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