beginning and end
Example Sentences
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Such walkouts frequently have a beginning and end date, but Local 99’s strike would be open-ended — which means school would be indefinitely closed by the three-union solidarity walkout.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026
These visible operations represent only the beginning and end of a five-stage process that brings fossil fuels from the ground to their final use.
From Science Daily • Nov. 20, 2025
When I visited, at least, it played—mercifully—only at the beginning and end, not throughout.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 11, 2025
The beginning and end of Ollie Robinson's Test career.
From BBC • Jul. 11, 2025
But that’s the beginning and end of my culinary contribution, because Oscar has walked into the kitchen in his black leather jacket, hair more unruly than usual, face full of weather.
From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson
