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Near the start (5,2)

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I believe the answer is:

early on

'near the start' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for early on that I've seen before include "Before much time has elapsed" , "In the first stages" , "Previously" , "near the start" , "Towards the beginning" .)

I've seen this clue in the Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, the L.A. Times Daily and The Washington Post.
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