Collocations for "initially"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "initially" in context.
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initially
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adv
- contacted [them] initially by [telephone, email]
- was initially just going to...
- initially, I was just going to...
- initially, I thought that...
- was initially [developed, proposed, created] for
- initially [dismissed, rejected] the proposal
- at least initially
- was initially [identified, discovered] in [1950]
- didn't like it initially, but
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