beginning 1 of 3

beginning

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adjective

beginning

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verb

present participle of begin
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Recent Examples of beginning
Noun
It’s called the summer solstice and marks the beginning of summer and the longest day of the year here in our northern latitude. Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 June 2025 At the beginning of the race, hundreds of spectators gather on the banks to watch the first several miles of beautiful chaos. Morgan O'Hanlon, Travel + Leisure, 7 June 2025
Adjective
In this case, the planetesimal that was the beginning stage of Earth didn’t drop its MVEs at the start of its development. Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 5 Feb. 2025 One source said that at the beginning Trump was reluctant to hold the meeting, but eventually agreed. Barak Ravid, Axios, 7 Dec. 2024
Verb
In the United States, many of the referees are beginning to fall in line. Julia Angwin, New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2025 The rash generally appears three to five days after the first symptoms, beginning as flat red spots on the face and then spreading downward to the neck, trunk, arms, legs and feet. Devi Shastri, Chicago Tribune, 12 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for beginning
Recent Examples of Synonyms for beginning
Noun
  • Despite a tentative start, shale gas is now a growing part of the plan.
    Scott Montgomery, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025
  • Hawkins will begin the transition into the new position in June with a July 1 official start date.
    Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2025
Adjective
  • In two rooms upstairs, there were hundreds of works: from art-school sketches and preparatory crayon drawings to large-scale, fully realized paintings that had taken Orlik months to complete.
    Sam Knight, New Yorker, 17 June 2025
  • That makes the Gold Cup, a three-week tournament with group play and a single-elimination knockout stage, an important preparatory test for the three hosts even if the field is less than stellar.
    Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2025
Adjective
  • The week of June 23, the full introductory collection will be available on both Nrgy’s and Revo’s websites, then roll out to select brick-and-mortar retailers.
    James Manso, Footwear News, 9 June 2025
  • After his introductory remarks, Valenzuela welcomed record producer, DJ, filmmaker, and rapper Steven Ellison, who creates under the name Flying Lotus.
    Dade Hayes, Deadline, 6 June 2025
Verb
  • The New Year is starting with a fresh warning for those who work with animals in Texas.
    Li Cohen, CBS News, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Murphy is term-limited, so the open-seat contest has attracted a cornucopia of candidates, starting with a crowded field of Democratic aspirants.
    Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 6 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Since founding the lifestyle brand Simplified in 2008, the mother of three has amassed over 30,000 followers on Substack and nearly 300,000 on Instagram.
    Sarah Scott, Parents, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Women deserve their own places at the top, and if that means more women are founding companies, the more, the merrier.
    Liz Elting, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The international expansion comes after Anti Social Social Club had largely stuck to its direct-to-consumer, drop model since its inception.
    Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 13 June 2025
  • Fellows, who is a Gilroy native, says the event has pumped $12 million back into the community since its inception.
    Chelsee Lowe, Travel + Leisure, 13 June 2025
Adjective
  • The project is in the first phase of engineering, which includes a preliminary design alignment.
    Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 17 June 2025
  • In September 2022, an Ohio lower court granted a temporary restraining order before granting a preliminary injunction a few weeks later.
    Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 17 June 2025
Adjective
  • Since 2019, Hawkins has led Student Support Services in Valparaiso including special education and social workers after beginning her career as an elementary teacher in 2001.
    Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2025
  • Debates over integration are far from settled Last year, before President Trump took office, Concordia Parish rejected a Justice Department plan that would have ended its case if the district combined several majority white and majority Black elementary and middle schools.
    Collin Binkley, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2025

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“Beginning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beginning. Accessed 23 Jun. 2025.

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