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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
kickstart .
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Examples
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Nurses at Baragwanath said on Wednesday "industrial action" would be "kickstarted" on Friday after the Cabinet rejected their demand of a 33 percent pay hike for this financial year.
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The Reality of Resurrection: The episode focuses on a young girl channeling the energies of the recently deceased, which is why she was kickstarted back to life in the first place.
‘Fringe’ Episode 2.11 Recap: ‘Unearthed’ » MTV Movies Blog 2010
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Program will be kickstarted with $30 billion government investment.
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This is a great way of getting your opportunistic development kickstarted!
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This kickstarted Wednesday's selling in the Treasury market.
Inflation Concerns Hit Treasurys Min Zeng 2011
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The lenders will pay no heed: demand and jobs must be kickstarted elsewhere
Pleading with banks won't do. Osborne needs a plan B Simon Jenkins 2010
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The euro's gains kickstarted a move for other currencies away from the dollar, as investors ignored a better-than-expected reading of a U.S. non-manufacturing index released Tuesday.
With Fed Moves Seen Likely, Dollar Drops Against Rivals Andrew J. Johnson 2010
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The charity kickstarted a global debate in 2007 when it published a study which identified meat as a risk factor for a number of different forms of cancer.
Cut red meat intake and don't eat ham, say cancer researchers 2011
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"There have been a number of other charities given grants by the Department for Education on precisely this basis without tendering, and for the same reason? that a programme was to be kickstarted and there was one obvious organisation to help," she said.
Michael Gove's 25-year-old ex-adviser given £500,000 free schools grant Rajeev Syal 2010
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Technical change kickstarted the green revolution for rice production in Asia in the 70s.
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