How to Use starting point in a Sentence

starting point

noun
  • So that was sort of starting point of playing with that.
    Jeffery Delviscio, Scientific American, 14 Mar. 2023
  • Gabe Vincent, the team’s starting point guard, played the final two games with a sprained ankle.
    Scott Cacciola, New York Times, 29 May 2023
  • The Lakers also didn’t have starting point guard D’Angelo Russell, who missed his fourth straight game with a right ankle sprain.
    Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2023
  • In a way, the Circus Maximus performance is an even better live starting point for the Utopia era than the Pyramids would have been.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Select any food or drink, then use that item as your visionary starting point.
    Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 May 2023
  • From there, the rhythm with Gabe Vincent opening at starting point guard was one neither Lowry, 37, nor Spoelstra wanted to interrupt.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2023
  • And this may be a kind of starting point for collecting data on the nuances of customs and business culture in different countries.
    Alexander Konovalov, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Afterwards, participants head up to the course starting point.
    Seward Hospitality, Anchorage Daily News, 14 June 2023
  • Against Atlanta, the 6-foot-8 Reddish started at small forward but also saw time at point forward when starting point guard Damian Lillard rested.
    oregonlive, 4 Mar. 2023
  • Here are some possibilities: Wisconsin women's volleyball There’s no better starting point than another red Big Ten school with a dominant women’s volleyball program.
    Craig Meyer, Journal Sentinel, 1 Sep. 2023

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