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onset

[on-set, awn-] / ˈɒnˌsɛt, ˈɔn- /


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Elsewhere, the Daily Telegraph leads with a possible "game changer" showing "Alzheimer's drug could stop disease", reporting on the beginning of a "major trial for new medicine that could prevent onset of degenerative condition".

From BBC Jul. 15, 2026

“Any significant new onset chest pain needs to be evaluated,” said Martin.

From MarketWatch Jul. 13, 2026

“For privacy purposes, they’re not flying just in the sky and loitering, they’re responding at the onset of a call, usually through 9-1-1,” Warner said.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 3, 2026

The onset of a potentially powerful El Nino weather pattern could boost global heat in the oceans and atmosphere even further in 2026 and into next year, scientists say.

From Barron's Jul. 3, 2026

But the hosts of Mordor were enheartened, and filled with a new lust and fury they came yelling to the onset.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien

Research also revealed associations between Agent Orange exposures and later development of nervous system degenerative diseases, and significantly higher rates and earlier onsets of dementia.

From Science Daily Feb. 14, 2024

He and his colleagues analyzed 1952-2011 temperature data and found the four seasons no longer occur equally and had irregular onsets.

From Seattle Times Sep. 22, 2021

We used to call these “family words” when I was a kid: rat, bat, cat, mat, etc., all have the “-at” rime with different consonant onsets.

From Slate Nov. 29, 2018

Analyses of the passive playback experiments were the same as above, but the onsets and offsets of the sound sweeps were used as anchor points instead of the presses and the releases of the joystick.

From Nature Mar. 28, 2017

It was in repelling these furious onsets that the newly-raised black regiment, under Col.

From Project Gutenberg book of Historical Romance of the American Negro by Fowler, Charles H.




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