"Early setback" refers to a problem or difficulty that occurs at the beginning of a task, project, or journey. It is an obstacle that arises early on and may hinder progress or success.
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You managed to overcome
early setbacks in your research career, perhaps because the end goal — your PhD or a paper — was so valuable.
It is difficult and costly to correct discrepancies in achievement that result
from early setbacks, and much easier and more efficient to invest in early development of skills.
Despite
early setbacks against Manchester City and Chelsea, The Baggies sealed narrow victories against Stoke, Aston Villa, Norwich and Sunderland to climb the table.
Canadas real GDP growth expanded sequentially in the month of February, owing to the resolution of
earlier setbacks in many industries.
Here, Benza describes
her early setbacks and eventual successes.
With economic indicators for a strong business recovery still faint, it can be helpful to recall
the early setbacks of some of the best - known entrepreneurs and what can be learned from them.
Oprah Winfrey While Winfrey is a huge success now, it was actually
an early setback that helped forge the media icon she later became.
It's a shame to see
this early setback given his hot start after a change of scenery.
While the former Milan midfielder has impressed for the most part with the club's youth teams, he will now hope to avoid following a similar path to those before him in terms of suffering
an early setback in what looks to be a promising career in coaching.
Can we do the same thing again after
this early setback?
The early setback rocked Zenit and they could have fallen further behind soon afterwards when Bacca went close.
That is
an early setback for Wenger although it does at least give the Prof time to find some more top targets.
As reported by the Evening Standard, the former Gunners star declared that Cech is just too good to not bounce back from
this early setback and that he will still prove to be an excellent signing for Arsenal.
I thought we showed great character to come back from
an early setback despite dominating the first ten minutes was a very good effort.
Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers had described the PSG as «the best of the best» and they made a good case for that accolade after
their early setback, making it five Group B wins out of five.
Composed as ever and led the defence's recovery from
the early setback.
Newcastle's win over Manchester United earlier on Sunday afternoon had sent the Saints back into the relegation zone, and the home side struggled to muster much response to
their early setback.
In the past, Madrid have been able to concentrate on the Champions League as a result of
an early setback in the league.
It was a controversial, but entertaining encounter at Juventus stadium as the Bianconeri staged a brave second - half comeback to overturn
an early setback and win 3 - 1 against an impressive Napoli team.
Bosz's strugglers suffered
an early setback in Leverkusen as forward Maximilian Phillip went down hurt - the summer signing from Freiburg could not continue and Andre Schurrle came on.
However, they didn't dwell on
their early setbacks and have come on strong ever since.
Everton were buoyed by the prospect of returning to the top of the league with a win and they responded swiftly and positively to
the early setback.
Mathieu Debuchy hopes to return to full training next month and is determined to make up for lost time after
an early setback to his Arsenal career.
Romania responded well to
the early setback, and after Florinel Coman flashed an effort over, Andrei Ivan's low effort was deflected onto the post after the slightest and most vital of touches from Clarke - Salter.
These early setbacks haven't deterred the prime minister, forcing us all to try and work out what he actually meant.
The National Audit Office found there had been «
early setbacks» and the project had been «over-ambitious» and provided poor value for money.
The watchdog's report identified «
early setbacks», and said: «At this early stage of the universal credit programme the department has not achieved value for money.
Cue the standard courtroom - drama tropes:
early setbacks, dramatic witness - stand confrontations, and the breathless moment before the verdict is read.
Earlier setbacks had taught proponents to stay away from history or social studies, to avoid identifying which books or authors students should read, and to cling to the safe ground of «skill - based» standards.
The Antarctic Biennale suffers
an early setback, while Peter Doig prevails in bizarre authentication case
One key difference is that, despite
early setbacks, Japan is now home to the dominant market for bitcoin trading, outpacing even the US dollar market, according to data provider CryptoCompare.
In spite of
these early setbacks, Bitcoin Cash persisted, and it's infrastructure support has grown significantly since its early days.
While
those early setbacks could perhaps be seen as part of the growing pains of cryptocurrency, the problems continue, with NiceHash getting hacked, and losing $ 63 million, at the end of 2017.