"headstart" meaning in All languages combined

See headstart on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: headstarts [plural]
Etymology: From head + start. Etymology templates: {{com|en|head|start}} head + start Head templates: {{en-noun}} headstart (plural headstarts)
  1. Alternative spelling of head start Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: head start
    Sense id: en-headstart-en-noun-QCSwkcdX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "text": "Some of the outrage is no doubt deserved—I have no patience for bigots myself, […] As a presumed lifetime beneficiary of demographic headstarts, I’m often implicated by definition myself, a situation I can live with. But I rarely entertain an urge to either pile on or argue back.",
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