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begun

[bih-guhn] / bɪˈgʌn /


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The first phase -- 30 turbines with a combined capacity of 104 megawatts -- joined the grid in 2020, and construction on another 14 has begun.

From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2026

Repairs have also begun on the Peninsula’s damaged boardwalk.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026

Officials in recent weeks privately acknowledged that the idea of tying disparate threads together in one big conspiracy isn’t practical, and have begun pursuing what they say are narrower but related criminal cases.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

His view is that something else has begun to unfold.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026

He would have begun calculating how many trees it had taken to build them.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson


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