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beginning

[bih-gin-ing] / bɪˈgɪn ɪŋ /




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The billions sitting in funds a decade or more older is just the beginning.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 2026

Ancient Greece and the Roman Empire, so Renaissance thinking went, were the cultural ancestors of the “West,” an imagined cultural space then beginning to take shape.

From Salon Jul. 22, 2026

Before joining Liverpool, Kiernan made over 40 appearances for West Ham in the WSL after beginning her career at Shelbourne.

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

"Whales, like humans, appear to be susceptible to certain microbial infections that we're only beginning to understand," said Marks.

From Science Daily Jul. 21, 2026

The cab was beginning to feel awfully tight.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

Others, like “Obsession,” catapult from modest beginnings into an echelon of popularity that not even the academics and historians could’ve foreseen.

From Salon Jul. 22, 2026

Despite those similar beginnings, queens grow larger, develop more quickly, and can live much longer than workers.

From Science Daily Jun. 23, 2026

The story follows O'Grady's beginnings on Merseyside and on the London club scene before he became well known across the country.

From BBC Jun. 16, 2026

He argued that “man is neither good nor evil by nature; but the circumstances into which fate places him, from his very earliest beginnings, can make anything of him.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 12, 2026

You would never know they had such meager beginnings, these veils, bow ties, even wedding rings braided from machine wire.

From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper




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