Synonyms for starting
start·ing

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1. start, startingadjective

   a turn to be a starter (in a game at the beginning)

   "he got his start because one of the regular pitchers was in the hospital"; "his starting meant that the coach thought he was one of their best linemen"

   Synonyms:
   outset, startle, first, head start, starting time, scratch line, scratch, commencement, start, starting line, get-go, kickoff, showtime, offset, starting signal, beginning, jump

   Antonyms:
   closing, intrusive

2. startingadjective

   (especially of eyes) bulging or protruding as with fear

   "with eyes starting from their sockets"

   Antonyms:
   closing, intrusive

3. startingadjective

   appropriate to the beginning or start of an event

   "the starting point"; "hands in the starting position"

   Antonyms:
   closing, intrusive

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1. List of paraphrases for "starting":

   departure, beginning, start, commencing, severance, initial, boot, start-up, startup, outset, heading, begin, commencement, initiating, launch, bootable, launching, booting, initiate, commence, effective

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1. Chip Roy:

   On its face, it looks like an obvious violation of both federal laws and America's founding ideals, and it warrants a searching and fearless investigation as a minimum starting point, enough of the sordid business of dividing us up by race; it's high time Congress took America's woke universities to task and brought their ivory towers of tyranny to the ground.

2. Katelyn Brewer:

   Part of the impetus of that resignation was that things were threatening. My name and Darkness to Light's name was starting to be brought into the sort of conspiracy conversations, and so that board member said,' You know, it's hard enough dealing with this for Katelyn Brewer. I don't want to bring in an organization I love and that's been doing good work for 20 years into this.'.

3. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban:

   I think that in the middle of this year there will be no opportunity to extend sanctions automatically, more and more countries... are starting to realize that we need to cooperate.

4. Sunday Rajoy:

   We're starting a period that will not be easy, it will be necessary to reach pacts and agreements and I will try to do this.

5. Dan Hove:

   Don’t set some dramatic goal of you know, competing in the Olympics, make sure this goal is actually attainable by you and usually starting small is always the safest bet for people. And then once you accomplish those small steps, you gain so much momentum that things become even easier and easier along the way.