start
verb (used without object)
to begin or set out, as on a journey or activity.
has started
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present perfectof start (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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The UK is in talks with US authorities over a potential stoppage of diesel exports and has started preparing for a ban, Chancellor John Healey has told BBC News.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
One figure that is unavailable in public records is whether any given defendant has started to pay, or has fully paid off, their financial obligations.
From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026
The company has its own auction house, which last year sold the late Pope Francis’ M-A camera for roughly $7.5 million, and has started selling refurbished models through its stores.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
The wide spread may have been a lingering artifact of the Eurozone debt crisis that followed the financial crisis, but either way, it has started to widen.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
We have been working too hard for too long, and I believe it has started to snow.”
From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood
