Examples
“Catholic college yanks courses by gay priest Share Chestnut Hill College, a Roman Catholic institution in Philadelphia, last week told a gay priest who had been a popular adjunct there for several semesters that he was no longer welcome to teach the two religion courses he had been offered for the term starting this week.”
“I've waited for decades (as have others) to see the continuation of manned space exploration .... but it's not really about continuing anymore, it's about just plain starting from the beginning, from zero, just like apollo did in the early 60s.”
“He stood facing the bed, the arrogance in his expression starting to melt around the edges.”
“Hopes are running high that the current administration will execute an economic plan similar to Mr. Thaksin's policies during the first two years of his term starting in 2001, when there were massive increases in government spending to improve the country's infrastructure.”
“This being the case," she said, "I urge you to recommend that these drugs have an appropriate black box warning placed on the label starting immediately.”
“I learned tonight that Mayor-Elect Mark Mallory choose not to give me a chairmanship position on ANY City Council Committee for the term starting tomorrow.”
“Spock slowly clasped his hands and stood still for a moment, the expression starting to go in-turned; but his eyes were dark with concern, with final warning.”
“This series of blogs will have the title starting with Bing Map Geocode: whatever I am talking about that day.”
“The voting for the term starting in 2011 will happen in October this year.”
“Politicians used the term starting 1890s, warning voters not to jump on their opponents bandwagons.”
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Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘starting’.
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The Aubrey/Maturin List I'm Gonna Mak...
I'm wading through Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey/Maturin novels one by one, and someday, I'll wade through them again and list all the words I learned while reading them.
Edit: I started ma...studdingsail, carronade, mumchance, grumlin-futtocks, crosscat-harpings, holystone, sennit, orlop, orchitis, negus, kevel, altumal and 1112 more...
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Rare Books
Words used in the rare book trade (of which I was once a part). For more about how such books are put together, see hernesheir's excellent The Bindery.
foxing, gilt, headband, bumped, endpaper, leaf, colophon, vellum, laid paper, boards, device, engraving and 168 more...
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Basic English Vocabulary
Very basic words for ESL students.
a, abandon, ability, able, abortion, about, above, abroad, absence, absolute, absolutely, absorb and 4334 more...
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Series
aerate, berate, cerate, derate, amble, cramble, hamble, ramble, scramble, wamble, lilaceous, limaceous and 62 more...
Tweets
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chained_bear In Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey/Maturin novels, "starting" means punitive striking. Usage:
"'Swearing is forbidden, for example, and yet we daily hear warm, intemperate language, even blasphemous and obscene; so is the sudden spontaneous beating of men who are thought to move too slowly, or starting, as we call it. But you may see a certain amount of it even in this ship, which is more humane than most...'"
(The Ionian Mission, 74) Feb 13, 2008
reesetee In rare/antique book biz, the term used to describe a book in which the hinges or joints have begun showing signs of loosening from wear or defective binding. Feb 22, 2007