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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

Jeffries was declared "mentally incompetent" by a court last year and said to be suffering with dementia and late onset of Alzheimer's disease.

From BBC 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

Since the onset of the war, Saudi Arabia has grown closer to Turkey, Egypt and Pakistan, which have been pushing for mediation and a resolution to the conflict.

From Barron's Aug. 7, 2026

I watch Mom take a tissue from her purse to wipe her tears, and the sudden onset of blood from Dad’s nose.

From "The Crossover" by Kwame Alexander

It is more common in women than men and typically onsets in 40s, often taking a significant toll on their quality of life.

From Science Daily Nov. 20, 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 nystagmus now became limited to momentary onsets, but in its place I became aware of a peculiar diplopia.

From Food Poisoning by Edwin Oakes Jordan




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