How to Use in the beginning in a Sentence
in the beginning
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The investigation is currently in the beginning stages.
—Ahjané Forbes, USA TODAY, 27 July 2024
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The flames were tall and the smoke was pure black in the beginning.
—Renee Yan, Chron, 30 Apr. 2023
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To me, in the beginning, a record was one side, or four sides.
—Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 27 June 2024
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Okay, this is a great way to water load in the beginning of the day.
—Rocio Fabbro, Quartz, 23 July 2024
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Not just in the beginning, but in the days, months and years after.
—Gillian Telling, Peoplemag, 10 Apr. 2024
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Now, what does that mean right now in the beginning of June?
—Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 19 June 2024
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Races in the Gulf bookend the season — Bahrain in the beginning, Abu Dhabi at the end.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2024
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And that was true [and is captured in the beginning episodes].
—Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 May 2023
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Did people try to tell you not to do it in the beginning?
—Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 9 July 2023
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And so what that looked like was a lot of energy in the beginning.
—Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 22 May 2024
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Stir the pot in the beginning only enough to moisten the sugar, taking care not to splash the sides of the pan.
—Aaron Hutcherson, Washington Post, 15 Dec. 2023
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To top it off, Kendrick included a preview of a new song in the beginning of the video.
—Regina Cho, VIBE.com, 5 July 2024
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The cheese is, at least in the beginning, gooey and melds in a lovely way with the root vegetables.
—Bon Appétit Contributor, Bon Appétit, 16 Dec. 2023
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Expect to struggle with this, or not be able to do it at all in the beginning.
—Laura Lancaster, Outdoor Life, 11 Apr. 2024
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Despite the fact the film wasn’t shot until 2022, all three were cast in the beginning and stayed with the project through its delays.
—Jenelle Riley, Variety, 2 May 2024
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But in the beginning, no one knew what was in store for this new musical.
—Liz Rothaus Bertrand, Charlotte Observer, 7 Feb. 2024
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Then add in the presence of journalists who, at least in the beginning, were strangers.
—Terence McGinley, New York Times, 28 June 2023
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Just trying to keep it simple, get in a rhythm with pitching and not putting a ton of stock in the beginning.
—Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 3 Mar. 2023
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At the end of the fall, during the winter and in the beginning of spring, the ground fills up with earthworms and life becomes easier for the moles.
—Alejandra Manjarrez, Discover Magazine, 28 July 2023
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There’s failures in the beginning, there’s failures in the middle, there’s failures at the end.
—Essence, 1 Nov. 2023
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That's not really what the Real World was about in the beginning.
—Gillian Telling, Peoplemag, 8 Oct. 2023
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Growth likely remained solid in the beginning of the year, too.
—Bryan Mena, CNN, 6 Mar. 2024
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The Mexican side of your heritage is touched on only a little bit in the beginning of the film.
—Lily Moayeri, Spin, 5 Oct. 2023
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While still working at the Mercury News, the Johnsons worked nights and weekends at the bookstore in the beginning.
—Lisa Thorn, The Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2024
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Andrew McCarthy wasn’t a fan of Pretty in Pink in the beginning.
—Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 22 June 2024
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These issues are still in the beginning stages of what could be the future laws of war and the guardrails of high-tech civilization.
—Avi Kumar, Fox News, 26 May 2024
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So about Jonathan … The relationship wasn’t meant to be so public — at least not in the beginning.
—Helena Andrews-Dyer, Washington Post, 13 July 2024
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Because of how little the yield was this year, the season’s peak hit in the beginning of July, which is early.
—Abigail Hasebroock, Sun Sentinel, 18 July 2024
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As in all romances, what is sundered in the beginning must be joined together at the end; the world and all the people in it must be made whole.
—Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2023
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After one practice in the beginning of his senior year, Villasenor drove Taomi home.
—Luca Evans, Orange County Register, 27 July 2024
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