- present participle of begin.
beginning
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Study co-author Professor James Murphy said the discovery revealed a 'smoldering' molecular problem and encouraged the researchers to focus more closely on what happens at the beginning of the disease process.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
That marked both the end of Skubal’s start and the beginning of the Dodgers’ offensive onslaught.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026
Damien Corvin believes the gap between starting out in Northern Ireland and building a career is beginning to narrow.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
We have to pay more attention to teaching kids, beginning when they’re still young, how to use phones safely, just like we should be teaching them how to be outdoors safely.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
Lloyd was beginning to see the picture – the open grave steaming by lantern light.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
From humble beginnings as a small village boy from Punjab, he made history in 2023 by becoming the first Punjabi-language singer to perform at the US music festival Coachella.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
More than 100 of his creations made from the 1950s through the 1980s outline his career, from its beginnings in functional pottery to explorations in abstract formalist constructions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
That would place the beginnings of planet formation remarkably close to the dawn of the Universe, even before the first galaxies had fully emerged.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026
“But profound beginnings can happen. You see that for Langdon. In Season 1 he is very ego-forward. But he has gone away and realized, ‘I am probably the worst.’
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
While we followed the silent street to Nyame’s shimmering gateway, I followed my tangled and raw feelings back to their beginnings.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
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