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beginning

[bih-gin-ing] / bɪˈgɪn ɪŋ /




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Participants in the two data sets were followed for about three to five years, beginning at an average age of 71.

From Science Daily Aug. 14, 2026

"And some grasses are already beginning to re-appear."

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

We enrolled in Affordable Care Act insurance beginning March 1.

From MarketWatch Aug. 14, 2026

In the beginning, this new movement was largely financed by a pair of Los Angeles oil magnates.

From Salon Aug. 13, 2026

I was just beginning to think that we were going to pull this off when we came around the corner and ran into Callaway.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

A study published in Nature now offers a possible explanation for how caregiving emerged from those distant, nonparental beginnings.

From Science Daily Aug. 1, 2026

In Episode 3 of By the People, equal-marriage campaign architect Marc Solomon joins Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern to trace the movement’s “quixotic” beginnings in 2001.

From Slate Aug. 1, 2026

The beginnings of “Stuart” trace back to when “Big Bang Theory” was wrapping up its run and Lorre casually asked Sussman to keep him posted on what he was doing next, but didn’t elaborate.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 13, 2026

He said he wrote the piece to "honour my humble beginnings", adding "I am the son of my father, the baker".

From BBC Jul. 10, 2026

Archaeologists have traced the beginnings of theater back as far as 2500 BCE, to the ancient Egyptians and sacred plays involving the myth of the god Osiris and his wife Isis.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove




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