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How to pronounce bootstrap in American English

“bootstrap” pronunciation by American speakers

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“bootstrap” in real sentences — American speakers

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  1. But the Kenyan court held that, Kenya use this mechanism as a bootstrap.

    US National Archives

  2. already exempted the young people through DACA, and then you bootstrap off of that the

    The Obama White House

  3. fairly restrictive on the capacity of startups to actually bootstrap their operations, because they had to

    State Department

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