begin with

Idioms  

1. see start with.

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begin with

I imagined that my efforts would sound like Kraftwerk or Can, but because I used tropical samples to begin with, everything I did ended up sounding like música tropical.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026

And they weren’t all that high to begin with.

From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2026

The photographic technologies utilized begin with daguerreotypes and include stereoscopic prints, a cyanotype, gelatin silver prints, large-format chromogenic works and images created with digital manipulation, neatly demonstrating the show’s long time span.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

Monday's handover will begin with Starmer visiting Buckingham Palace to formally tender his resignation to the king before making a brief statement outside 10 Downing Street.

From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026

And now I’m questioning if we’re even in the right aqueduct to begin with.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman