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begun

[bih-guhn] / bɪˈgʌn /


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If parents live into their 100s, heirs may not receive a meaningful inheritance until they are in their 60s or 70s, potentially after their own retirements have already begun.

From MarketWatch Aug. 26, 2026

The trial, which was taking place in Oakland, Calif., was in its second week and Adam Mosseri, the head of Instagram, had begun testifying Tuesday.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 26, 2026

The post-Pep Guardiola era has begun at Manchester City under Enzo Maresca, while Andoni Iraola got his first taste of action as Liverpool manager after succeeding sacked Arne Slot.

From BBC Aug. 25, 2026

His own laboratory has begun exploring this direction by drawing on ideas from embodied cognition and ecological psychology.

From Science Daily Aug. 25, 2026

It had all begun when Clare was a very new Usher, so new, in fact, that he’d not yet adopted his beloved cloak-and-monocle disguise.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman




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