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cause(start, authority, base, beginning)
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center(cause, start, base, beginning)
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essence(cause, start, base, beginning)
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explanation(base, suggestion, beginning, guess)
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heart(cause, start, base, beginning)
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leadoff(start, beginning, opening)
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opener(person, start, top, discover)
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starting blocks(expression, start, beginning, opening)
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very beginning(expression, start, beginning, opening)
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radicle(cause, quick, source, root)
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ancestry(cause, source, derivation)
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premise(base, suggestion, beginning, guess)
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principle(cause, base, suggestion, beginning)
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radix(cause, quick, source, root)
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rudiment(start, top, base, beginning)
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core(cause, start, base, beginning)
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essential(base, beginning, source, foundation)
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evidence(base, beginning, source, foundation)
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infrastructure(cause, start, base, beginning)
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APASmart Define. (2015). starting point thesaurus. Retrieved September 29, 2026, from https://smartdefine.org/starting_point/thesaurus/synonyms
ChicagoSmart Define. 2015. "starting point thesaurus" https://smartdefine.org/starting_point/thesaurus/synonyms (accessed September 29, 2026).
HarvardSmart Define 2015, starting point thesaurus, Smart Define, viewed 29 September, 2026, <https://smartdefine.org/starting_point/thesaurus/synonyms>.
MLASmart Define. "starting point thesaurus" 10 April 2015. Web. 29 September 2026. <https://smartdefine.org/starting_point/thesaurus/synonyms>