starting point
noun
: a place to start
The tire tracks at the scene of the crime were a starting point for investigators.
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But the Rockets could use the salary of starting point guard Fred VanVleet as the base of any package, with the Kings able to realize immediate financial relief next season if declining VanVleet’s team option.
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Rahat Huq, Forbes, 25 Dec. 2024
That starting point provides a better foundation for addressing great-power competition with China, monopolies in the technology sector, failing communities, and rising inequality than does the libertarian faith in markets or the progressive reliance on redistribution.
—Oren Cass, Foreign Affairs, 12 Feb. 2021
According to Shams Charania of ESPN, the Warriors and Brooklyn Nets are deep in talks to complete a trade that will reroute Nets starting point guard Dennis Schröder to the Chase Center.
—Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 15 Dec. 2024
But down starting point guard Raymond Felton, UNC actually lost to the lowly Broncos (who finished that season with a losing record).
—Brendan Marks, The Athletic, 25 Nov. 2024
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Rahat Huq, Forbes, 25 Dec. 2024
That starting point provides a better foundation for addressing great-power competition with China, monopolies in the technology sector, failing communities, and rising inequality than does the libertarian faith in markets or the progressive reliance on redistribution.
—Oren Cass, Foreign Affairs, 12 Feb. 2021
According to Shams Charania of ESPN, the Warriors and Brooklyn Nets are deep in talks to complete a trade that will reroute Nets starting point guard Dennis Schröder to the Chase Center.
—Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 15 Dec. 2024
But down starting point guard Raymond Felton, UNC actually lost to the lowly Broncos (who finished that season with a losing record).
—Brendan Marks, The Athletic, 25 Nov. 2024
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“Starting point.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/starting%20point. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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