as in originally
in the beginning
we initially intended to rebuild our hurricane-damaged home from the ground up
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Romero initially was charged with 10 felonies, including second-degree reckless homicide, in connection with the fatal April 20, 2024, collision.
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Chris Ramirez, jsonline.com, 9 July 2025
Toy had served in that role on an interim basis since March and initially joined Rancher, which helps government agencies modernize their IT infrastructure, in 2020 as a senior solutions architect.
—John Kell, Fortune, 9 July 2025
First discovered: 5:31 p.m. July 8 Initial location: Siskiyou County, Calif.
Fire type: Wildfire
Fire name: Orleans Complex
Orleans Complex Incident initially started today at 5:31 p.m. in Siskiyou County, California.
—Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 9 July 2025
One of the biggest controversies in England’s development initially began when one of their former players and now a leading commentator, Alex Hartley, criticised the players’ fitness after their shock defeat to the West Indies in Dubai in October and their early exit from the T20 World Cup.
—Paul Newman, New York Times, 28 June 2025
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Chris Ramirez, jsonline.com, 9 July 2025
Toy had served in that role on an interim basis since March and initially joined Rancher, which helps government agencies modernize their IT infrastructure, in 2020 as a senior solutions architect.
—John Kell, Fortune, 9 July 2025
First discovered: 5:31 p.m. July 8 Initial location: Siskiyou County, Calif.
Fire type: Wildfire
Fire name: Orleans Complex
Orleans Complex Incident initially started today at 5:31 p.m. in Siskiyou County, California.
—Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 9 July 2025
One of the biggest controversies in England’s development initially began when one of their former players and now a leading commentator, Alex Hartley, criticised the players’ fitness after their shock defeat to the West Indies in Dubai in October and their early exit from the T20 World Cup.
—Paul Newman, New York Times, 28 June 2025
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While originally set to create upwards of 2,500 jobs once operational and bring a $3.5 billion dollar investment from Ford, the project has since been scaled back.—
Elyse Apel,
The Washington Examiner,
1 July 2025
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Standardized tests—originally developed by eugenicists—have long favored wealthier, white test-takers.—
Leadership Brainery,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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