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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Saturday’s 117-mile route will take riders from the San Diego Harley-Davidson starting point at 4645 Morena Blvd., out to East County into the Cleveland National Forest.
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Lauren J. Mapp, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 July 2023
But before the administration announced its plans to end the emergency, a spending package that Congress passed in December separated the Medicaid policy from the emergency declaration and established an April 1 starting point for the unwinding.
—Noah Weiland, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2023
Lauren J. Mapp, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 July 2023
But before the administration announced its plans to end the emergency, a spending package that Congress passed in December separated the Medicaid policy from the emergency declaration and established an April 1 starting point for the unwinding.
—Noah Weiland, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2023
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“Starting point.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/starting%20point. Accessed 23 May. 2024.
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