- plural of starter.
starters
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Laying out his call, Flight told clients in a note published on Tuesday that, for starters, “incremental central bank credibility concerns are overstated.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
The easiest way to build your own meal starters is not to begin by asking what you should freeze.
From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2026
Almost 3,400 18-and 19-year-olds joined the university last year – making up 9.5% of new starters, compared with 5.7% six years ago.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
For starters, the OCC issued preliminary conditional approvals for stablecoin banking services to five of our competitors nine months before granting conditional approval to our company.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
Dinner was prawn cocktails in wine glasses for starters, lamb chops with chef’s hats with duchesse potatoes and braised celery for main, and a Baked Alaska for "dessert," not "afters."
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
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