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inception

[in-sep-shuhn] / ɪnˈsɛp ʃən /


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Since its inception, Creative Wales has provided production support funding to 81 productions and the resulting economic spending has been nearly half a billion pounds.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

Around the same time Sanctuary Hill announced its inception, a large, bedraggled bird was spotted in Wisconsin.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

Issuance of international debt denominated in euro reached its highest level since the currency’s inception, the ECB said, and the euro became the leading currency in the green and sustainable international bond market.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026

Precise investigations of decays like this are one of the primary goals of the LHCb experiment, and have been since its inception in 1994.

From Science Daily • May 26, 2026

The perennial “sick man” of the Hellenistic world, the kingdom of the Seleucids had been coming apart almost since its inception.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro




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