as in beginning
the point at which something begins
there was a large turnout at the commencement of the conference, but the numbers dwindled as it progressed
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Recent Examples of commencement
The commencement of jury selection comes a week after the retrial's start date was reportedly challenged in court due to a dispute over witness selection.
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Edward Segarra, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2025
Today’s college students are thinking about careers long before commencement rolls around.
—Christine Y. Cruzvergara, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
The commencement announcement comes about two months after Texas State University announced plans to award Sheridan an honorary doctorate.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Apr. 2025
As was the closing ceremony/commencement that took place Sunday morning.
—Devonne Goode, Parents, 4 Apr. 2025
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Edward Segarra, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2025
Today’s college students are thinking about careers long before commencement rolls around.
—Christine Y. Cruzvergara, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
The commencement announcement comes about two months after Texas State University announced plans to award Sheridan an honorary doctorate.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Apr. 2025
As was the closing ceremony/commencement that took place Sunday morning.
—Devonne Goode, Parents, 4 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for commencement
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What To Know James appeared on the Special Report with Areva Martin podcast on Tuesday, and was asked at the beginning of the interview about the DOJ reviewing the fraud allegations against her.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Apr. 2025
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The painstaking installation process began at the beginning of 2024, and took months of work to complete before it could be utilized for the first time.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
24 Apr. 2025
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That was Monday, the day Blewett joined his third major-league team in a two-week span, and one day before the 6-foot-6 right-hander was thrust into the first start of his MLB career.—
David O'Brien,
New York Times,
23 Apr. 2025
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To this point, this is the worst start to a presidential term for the S & P 500 since 1928.—
Jason Gewirtz,
CNBC,
23 Apr. 2025
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To the extent that such neat inception points exist in real life, an afternoon at an aging movie palace on the corner of Lake Park and Grand Avenues, in central Oakland, California, provided one for the filmmaker Ryan Coogler.—
Jelani Cobb,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2025
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The brewery had operated at the Ice Blocks since the development’s inception, expanding into an adjacent space in 2022.—
Jennah Pendleton,
Sacbee.com,
26 Apr. 2025
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Barker says the league has embraced the two different viewing perspectives of seeing players live on site or with their families elsewhere after conducting a fully virtual draft during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.—
Eric Jackson,
Sportico.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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What To Know The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic led to the cancellation of National Social Security Month in 2020 and it was not reinstated during the Biden administration.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Apr. 2025
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Tahoe Therapeutics and the Arc Institute have recently partnered in the launch of the Arc Virtual Cell Atlas: the most comprehensive and diverse public database of single-cell level transcriptomic data across a wide range of perturbations.—
Amelia Palermo,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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In her launch video, Stratton wasted no time outlining the stakes.—
Melissa Noel,
Essence,
25 Apr. 2025
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“Commencement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commencement. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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