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onset

[on-set, awn-] / ˈɒnˌsɛt, ˈɔn- /


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Earlier animal studies have shown that these drugs can delay the onset of multiple age-related diseases.

From Science Daily Sep. 12, 2026

It was noted the defendant was now in poor health, had diabetes, glaucoma and impaired hearing, had previously had a heart attack and might be experiencing the onset of Parkinson's disease.

From BBC Aug. 24, 2026

Burke insisted that new black lung cases do not reflect current mining conditions, because of the delay in the onset of symptoms.

From Barron's Aug. 21, 2026

Since then, he feels a sense of foreboding whenever dark clouds signal the onset of another storm.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

The onset of autumn would turn the leaves into a cape of fiery hue, thus adding further glory to the name and legend of Redwall Abbey.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

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

The rebels, with deafening yells, made furious onsets, but the negroes did not flinch, and the mad assailants, discomforted, returned to cover with shrunken ranks.

From The Black Phalanx African American soldiers in the War of Independence, the War of 1812, and the Civil War by Joseph T. (Joseph Thomas) Wilson




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