beginning and end
Example Sentences
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As the planet transits its star, it rotates slightly between the beginning and end of the event.
From Science Daily • Jun. 11, 2026
No one, not vocalist Philip Bailey, percussionist Ralph Johnson or Verdine White, disputes that Maurice White was the beginning and end of Earth, Wind & Fire, musically, aesthetically, administratively or quasi-militarily.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
For England to be a man down and have to bowl twice on Friday was far from ideal, albeit if they were limited bursts at the beginning and end of the day.
From BBC • Aug. 1, 2025
They did formal interviews at the beginning and end of that car ride, but for most of the trip they just chatted and got to know each other.
From Slate • Jun. 25, 2025
Scholars have long debated the beginning and end of Reconstruction, as well as exactly when Jim Crow ended and the Civil Rights Movement or “Second Reconstruction” began.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
