as in day one
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Recent Examples of square one
That put the hunt for the source back to square one.
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Jackie Delamatre, Curbed, 30 Dec. 2024
The pair started from square one for this new US iteration several years ago.
—Andrew Watman, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
Mars retrograde is sending you back to square one on home and family-related matters.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
County voters will also decide on a ballot measure that could add four more supervisors to the board, threatening to upset the consensus on the issue and return jail closure to square one again.
—Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2024
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Nathan: Two things: First, the business model has to work from day one.—
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In fact, we were told that grocery prices would go down on day one, on January 20th.—
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Mississippi Delta Clarksdale is ground zero, a town with numerous juke joints (blues music venues) where the Delta spawned such legends as John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters, Ma Rainey, Howlin’ Wolf and B.B. King.—
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In 1987, Gutfeld graduated from Berkeley, ground zero for the Marxist opposition to the Ronald Reagan regime.—
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It’s been on the city drawing board for years but has yet to go any further.—
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Winter Park is back to the drawing board in charting a path forward for its former library, which sits within shouting distance of Park Avenue.—
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Gurriel added to mix The Padres added some potential depth at first base and added to the DH competition on Monday, agreeing to a minor-league deal with Yuli Gurriel.—
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If Realmuto or Schwarber moonlighted at first base, that could reduce some strain on Harper, who would have more DH days as a result.—
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At the beginning of the Olympics, for the U.S., there were no stakes.—
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The Premier League also suspended its six-year deal with Match TV, a Russian broadcaster, that was due to start at the beginning of the 2022-23 season.—
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“Square one.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/square%20one. Accessed 2 Mar. 2025.
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