as in beginning
the point at which something begins
was present at the meeting which was later considered the genesis of the new political movement
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Below, Josephine and Hardy spoke with Them over Zoom about the genesis of Hello Stranger, their respective filmmaking backgrounds, and the importance of solidarity between LGBTQ+ people and those outside of the community.
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James Factora, Them., 31 Mar. 2025
Either way, the big dramatic story comes through, from the genesis of the capitalist commodity to the apocalypse of future revolution.
—Benjamin Kunkel, Harpers Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
Lollapalooza: The Uncensored Story of Alternative Rock’s Wildest Festival is an upcoming oral history about the Lollapalooza festival, from its genesis as a farewell tour for Jane’s Addiction in 1991 to becoming a counterculture touchstone by the end of the decade.
—Billboard Staff, Billboard, 20 Feb. 2025
The genesis of the company came in the late 1990s, when Jeremy Sorzano, one of Bredeman’s soccer teammates at Pennsylvania’s Messiah University, was a pro for the Charlotte Eagles, a team mired in the third level of the USL.
—Brendan Coffey, Sportico.com, 22 Apr. 2025
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James Factora, Them., 31 Mar. 2025
Either way, the big dramatic story comes through, from the genesis of the capitalist commodity to the apocalypse of future revolution.
—Benjamin Kunkel, Harpers Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
Lollapalooza: The Uncensored Story of Alternative Rock’s Wildest Festival is an upcoming oral history about the Lollapalooza festival, from its genesis as a farewell tour for Jane’s Addiction in 1991 to becoming a counterculture touchstone by the end of the decade.
—Billboard Staff, Billboard, 20 Feb. 2025
The genesis of the company came in the late 1990s, when Jeremy Sorzano, one of Bredeman’s soccer teammates at Pennsylvania’s Messiah University, was a pro for the Charlotte Eagles, a team mired in the third level of the USL.
—Brendan Coffey, Sportico.com, 22 Apr. 2025
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Finding new degrees of colorful suits, flowing capes, and animal print jumpsuits supported the show’s tone from the beginning, but has increasingly become part of the HBO series’s comedy in its own right.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
4 May 2025
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The latter two retained the absolutist moral vision that had characterized Western stances at the beginning of the war, clashing with the U.S.’s new position.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
3 May 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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The Conference Board, a business group, reported Tuesday that Americans’ confidence in the economy fell for the fifth straight month to the lowest level since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.—
Paul Wiseman,
Los Angeles Times,
2 May 2025
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An index of consumer confidence fell in April to its lowest level since the onset of the pandemic.—
Scott Horsley,
NPR,
2 May 2025
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What time does The Walking Dead: Dead City Season 2 start?—
Monica Mercuri,
Forbes.com,
4 May 2025
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Diddy plea deal denied, Cassie video to be allowed as evidence In the lead-up to the May 5 start date, attorneys for the prosecution and the defense have been in court for pretrial hearings to discuss various procedural matters.—
Brendan Morrow,
USA Today,
4 May 2025
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Graduates go wild for Trump’s commencement pledge 3.—
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FOXNews.com,
2 May 2025
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The newest batch of Northwest Indiana college graduates will be recognized starting May 8, when Ivy Tech Community College honors more than 2,000 graduates as part its spring commencement exercises.—
Post-Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
1 May 2025
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Senior quants or portfolio managers directly generating alpha can earn $1 million to $10 million in exceptional years.—
Jack Kelly,
Forbes.com,
27 Apr. 2025
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Jensen Huang is tech’s new alpha dog Huang’s greatest strength as a CEO has been his willingness to make big, risky bets when opportunities present themselves.—
James Surowiecki,
The Atlantic,
8 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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This has prompted the department to prepare the launch of a new series of alphanumeric license plates for the first time in nearly half a century.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Apr. 2025
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“Genesis.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/genesis. Accessed 9 May. 2025.
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