The phrase "a mild start" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a beginning that is gentle, moderate, or not intense, often in contexts like events, discussions, or processes.
Example: "The meeting had a mild start, with everyone sharing light-hearted stories before diving into the main agenda."
Alternatives: "a gentle beginning" or "a soft launch."
A spectacular display of autumn colours is in prospect as a mild start to the season has delayed the progress of trees shedding their leaves by two weeks.
Things get off to a mild start with a tale about a lonely traveller who winds up staying with a sinister landlady: not one of the stronger episodes, since the end is evident from the beginning.
"It may be a mild start to the month and new year, however, temperatures are set to drop sharply later in the week and with some frosty conditions on the horizon, we have cut the odds on this month ending as the coldest January on record," said Coral's John Hill.
A mild start with some patchy low cloud, which will break up during the morning.
A mild start, with areas of low cloud and fog which will clear during the morning.
I think Piers has gone for a mild start to December?
Promotions have already been launched elsewhere in the industry, with Bhs for example initiating a full 20%-off everything Sale over a week ago, in part to help clear outerwear and knitwear where there is clearly a stock overhang after a particularly mild start to the Autumn/Winter season.
Bears at the Moscow Zoo have finally dropped off into their hibernation slumber after months of insomnia caused by a record mild start to winter, zoo officials said.
A very mild start to the year gave no hint of the chaos to come, but by the end of January, south-west England was battered with blizzards, much of Devon isolated, and people were relying on troops to clear the roads and railways, and the RAF to drop in supplies.
A largely fine and mild start, with some low cloud or mist breaking and lifting during the morning.
The light layer of snow would rank low on any list of emergencies, but after three straight mild winters and a balmy start to this one, New Yorkers could be forgiven for a moment of panic, not to mention some inept driving, at the first flakes.
