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inception

[in-sep-shuhn] / ɪnˈsɛp ʃən /


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"Since the inception of this project, our idea has met with repeated doubt and pushback," said Li.

From Science Daily Aug. 8, 2026

Returns since inception had exceeded 1000% and the fund had expanded to around $20 billion, according to the FT.

From MarketWatch Jul. 30, 2026

Before joining the Bank of England, Pill previously worked at the European Central Bank from its inception through to the Eurozone crisis, when the survival of the single currency was in jeopardy.

From BBC Jul. 9, 2026

ABC’s filing noted that the program has kept the same format and focus on topical news events since its inception.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 7, 2026

Its eventual demolition had been planned from its inception: both Newsome Park and next-door Copeland Park, for whites, were mandated to last only as long as the war.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

While Fleiss has been the face of the “The Bachelor,” “The Bachelorette” and other spinoffs since the shows’ inceptions, trade publications report he hasn’t led day-to-day operations in around a decade.

From Seattle Times Mar. 28, 2023

Open—has been intimately involved in both projects since their inceptions earlier in the decade.

From Golf Digest Feb. 3, 2018

This early phase, from its earliest inceptions in the 1960s until 2000, is what J.G. Palfrey, the former executive director of the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University, calls the Open Internet.

From The Verge Apr. 13, 2016

Performance of the funds hasn’t kept up with the market, trailing their benchmarks since their inceptions.

From BusinessWeek Jan. 13, 2012

Out of the cloud that hangs around the vague inceptions of revolutions, a startling incident will sometimes flash like lightning, to show that the warring elements have begun their work.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 45, July, 1861 by Various




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