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onset

[on-set, awn-] / ˈɒnˌsɛt, ˈɔn- /


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The carrier said it was impacted by "elevated fuel prices and a reduction in consumer demand following the onset of the Middle East conflict."

From Barron's Jul. 23, 2026

"We think that the earlier onset of severe obesity in young people is increasing their type 2 diabetes risk in early life and pulling down their age at diagnosis," lead researcher Dr Shivani Misra says.

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

In people at elevated risk, the model was able to detect warning signals as far as 15 years before clinical onset.

From Science Daily Jul. 19, 2026

Aircraft production, for instance, plunged at the onset of the pandemic in 2020, when airlines delayed or canceled aircraft orders.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

It appeared again with the onset of the rainy season but only flowed properly at its peak.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

Research also revealed associations between Agent Orange exposures and later development of nervous system degenerative diseases, and significantly higher rates and earlier onsets of dementia.

From Science Daily Feb. 14, 2024

He and his colleagues analyzed 1952-2011 temperature data and found the four seasons no longer occur equally and had irregular onsets.

From Seattle Times Sep. 22, 2021

We used to call these “family words” when I was a kid: rat, bat, cat, mat, etc., all have the “-at” rime with different consonant onsets.

From Slate Nov. 29, 2018

Analyses of the passive playback experiments were the same as above, but the onsets and offsets of the sound sweeps were used as anchor points instead of the presses and the releases of the joystick.

From Nature Mar. 28, 2017

It was in repelling these furious onsets that the newly-raised black regiment, under Col.

From Project Gutenberg book of Historical Romance of the American Negro by Fowler, Charles H.




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