in the beginning
idiom
: at the start
The company was very small in the beginning, but it eventually became a giant corporation.
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Liza Lentini, SPIN, 10 Jan. 2025
So just to pay the slightest bit of homage to Don in the beginning of the film, there’s another director who is going to the Alps with his family, who’s out.
—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
My biggest challenge in the beginning was to find the right balance between reality and fiction.
—Josh Weiss, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
One of the first drafts of this story had the voice of the coda in the beginning, too, framing the story as a kind of monologue.
—Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2025
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Liza Lentini, SPIN, 10 Jan. 2025
So just to pay the slightest bit of homage to Don in the beginning of the film, there’s another director who is going to the Alps with his family, who’s out.
—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
My biggest challenge in the beginning was to find the right balance between reality and fiction.
—Josh Weiss, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
One of the first drafts of this story had the voice of the coda in the beginning, too, framing the story as a kind of monologue.
—Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2025
See all Example Sentences for in the beginning
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“In the beginning.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20the%20beginning. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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