commencement
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He said the site's existing planning permission had been awarded a lawful commencement notice over a decade ago, so it remained valid.
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About a month after her commencement speech, she was pitching a Harker student for a check.
The earlier commencement of the holiday retail season, commonly referred to as “Christmas creep,” has long influenced Madison Avenue’s holiday ad strategies.
He once delivered 15 commencement addresses in nine days.
Both positions will take effect from the planned business commencement on April 1, they said.
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