- present participle of open.
opening
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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
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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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