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started

ADJECTIVE
begun
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Started in 1947, Flint Assembly is GM’s longest-running assembly site in North America.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

How the Age 25 Brain Myth Started The focus on 25 traces back to brain imaging studies conducted in the late 1990s and early 2000s.

From Science Daily • Feb. 19, 2026

Started investing his own money in 2018 and hasn’t stopped being right since.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 28, 2026

Brydon Carse – 7 – Started slowly with the ball, then improved to put in his best display of the series on the second morning.

From BBC • Dec. 27, 2025

“I built her myself. Started shortly after your grandmother passed on. It was this boat that carried me through those terrible times. That, and raising your daddy and his brother and sister.”

From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen




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