From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishfor openersfor openersBEGINNING a) British English as a beginning or first stage SYN to begin with For openers, the band played a couple of old Beatles songs. b) American English used to give one reason, explanation etc for something, although there are others you might mention later too It’s tough being a reporter. For openers, there are the long hours. → opener
Examples from the Corpus
for openers• For openers, why not put a special tax on cigarettes to fund health education? 