The phrase "a robust start to" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe a strong or effective beginning to a project, initiative, or process.
Example: "The team had a robust start to the new marketing campaign, which set the tone for its success."
Alternatives: "a strong beginning to" or "an effective kickoff for".
Thursday Diageo, the brewer behind Guinness, Smirnoff and Johnnie Walker, will release first-quarter sales figures on Thursday which are expected to show a robust start to the financial year.
PRESS RELEASE Slim Pickings for Private Equity Firms | "After a robust start to the year, volumes of leveraged buyouts shrank in the second quarter, highlighting the erratic pattern of the market's recovery since the start of the financial crisis," The Financial Times reports.
Easing geopolitical tensions amid a robust start to earnings season, has put crude oil futures (/CL, candlestick chart) on a divergent path than the S&P 500 Index (purple line).
The market got off to a robust start at the beginning of this year when brokers and real estate analysts reported that prospective buyers were crowding open houses and engaging in bidding wars.
Industrial firms ended the whole year 2018 with profits down some 2.0%, quite a disappointing outcome after the robust start to the year.
The bidding for Warner got off to a robust start with more than 10 potential buyers.
ALTHOUGH the new television season is only two weeks old, ABC is off to a robust start.
Susan Lyne Susan Lyne, the company's president and chief executive, acknowledged that the year was off to a robust start.
The film is off to a robust start internationally, with $43 million in box-office receipts from 68 countries.
After a robust start, the Broadway box office for "Follies" has been flagging; last week the show earned $667,674, playing to 42 percent of its theater's capacity in the Marquis.
After a robust start in the Vice-Presidency, Wallace fell into a territorial battle with Jesse Jones, the Secretary of Commerce, who had dragged his feet in importing materials for wartime production.
