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  • present participle of open.
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opening

[oh-puh-ning] / ˈoʊ pə nɪŋ /




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If no additional settlements are reached before opening statements kick off on November 4, the new trial will move forward with both Meta and Snap as defendants.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

It added that he is expected to say more on the subject in his opening address at next week's Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

Attorneys for Masterson first filed their notice to appeal the actor’s conviction in November 2023, then filed a 242-page opening brief in December 2024.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

The ministry called for opening channels of negotiation to prevent a return to military escalation in the region.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

“But they’re naturally desperate, these medical students. It’d be more than your life was worth if you come across them opening a grave.”

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

Large openings cut through each level’s floor plates help accommodate the impressive craft while providing perspectives from all angles, even above.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

They found that spending extended periods in thick fluid caused the cells to become smaller, more flexible, and better able to squeeze through narrow openings.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026

Jeremy Doku: Looked to create openings with his box of tricks but often wasteful.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

Days before the openings, the prospect of showing across his hometown still seemed to Hodges about as incomprehensible as a dream.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

There are shrugs, mutterings, half-finished sentences, hand movements: jabs, fists, openings of the fingers, jerky sculptings of the air.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood


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