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. Brian Hill:

   You're starting to get colonoscopies ; you're starting to get checked for prostate cancer. This is one more thing to add to that list that you really have to watch for.

2. Conor Lamb:

   Obviously, I think every inch of ground is important, i'll go to anyone to get their vote, but to the extent that Virginia and New Jersey showed we were starting to lose the support of independents and Republicans in the suburbs, that's where we have problems at the statewide level.

3. Robert Mulcahy:

   NASA's had a robust quarantine plan for a long time, it's nothing new for us. NASA implemented a prelaunch quarantine starting with the Apollo 14 mission( in 1971) because we saw some infectious disease occurrences in flight or in the preflight period for some of the earlier Apollo launches.

4. Hernan Dario Gomez:

   We have a certain stability and I liked how hard my team worked (against Belgium). One of our assets is the experience that our starting eleven have got by playing together regularly.

5. Bethany Barone Gibbs:

   Though we usually think about recommending lifestyle changes like losing weight and getting more physical activity before starting medications, this study provides important reinforcement that adding lifestyle changes in conjunction with medications -- and when medications alone are not doing the job -- is an effective strategy.