as in originally
in the beginning
we initially intended to rebuild our hurricane-damaged home from the ground up
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For beginners, visual languages are much easier to initially comprehend.
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PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
Poll workers told police the man initially refused to verify his identity with his home address, which is necessary to receive the ballot.
—Dan Horn, The Enquirer, 6 Nov. 2024
Meta removed some of the ads after initially approving them but did not catch some with similar or identical content, the report stated.
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The patient initially went to live with family in Florida, before having to evacuate again when Hurricane Milton struck two weeks ago.
—Ariel Wittenberg, Scientific American, 24 Oct. 2024
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PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
Poll workers told police the man initially refused to verify his identity with his home address, which is necessary to receive the ballot.
—Dan Horn, The Enquirer, 6 Nov. 2024
Meta removed some of the ads after initially approving them but did not catch some with similar or identical content, the report stated.
—Miranda Nazzaro, The Hill, 5 Nov. 2024
The patient initially went to live with family in Florida, before having to evacuate again when Hurricane Milton struck two weeks ago.
—Ariel Wittenberg, Scientific American, 24 Oct. 2024
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“Initially.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/initially. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.
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