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Debts are paid in a legally required priority order, typically beginning with administration expenses, funeral costs and taxes before unsecured debts like credit cards.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026
The researchers suggest that SAM may have helped sperm conjugation emerge, possibly beginning as a mechanism for packaging or protecting sperm.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026
The WSJ’s Kim Mackrael reports that, beginning this month, certain battery scrap and tungsten waste in the U.S. must be sold domestically, according to a Department of Commerce rule published on the Federal Register.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Jean Milburn, Anderson’s humorously matter-of-fact sex therapist from the series “Sex Education,” represented a watershed beginning in 2019.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
In the beginning, she thought I had lost my mind.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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These structures represent an early form of chelicerae and provide evidence of the evolutionary beginnings of the pincers and fangs seen in chelicerates today.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026
In Episode 3 of By the People, equal-marriage campaign architect Marc Solomon joins Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern to trace the movement’s “quixotic” beginnings in 2001.
From Slate ● Aug. 1, 2026
He frequently speaks about his humble beginnings as the son of a bartender and a hotel maid.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
“This is about building the next generation studio, so we think of this as the beginnings of Paramount, of Warner Bros., of those great studios,” Simpson said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
For an excellent discussion of form, with plenty of chances to practice hearing the beginnings of new sections, please see Professor Brandt's Sound Reasoning58 course.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
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