- present participle of begin.
beginning
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"We may have a new chairman, but the old guard is now worried about where the economy has moved since the beginning of the year."
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
"There's no denying at the beginning of the 2024-25 season, there was a lot of work to do with 'Traff'," Parker told BBC Radio Lancashire last April.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
Agriculture Department will allow cattle imports from Mexico for the first time in more than a year beginning in late August, even as New World screwworm remains a threat to domestic livestock.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
PayPal on Tuesday said Lores’s strategy is beginning to bear fruit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
Noticing my expression, Callaway flashed what I was beginning to think of as his signature smile.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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He frequently speaks about his humble beginnings as the son of a bartender and a hotel maid.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
Others, like “Obsession,” catapult from modest beginnings into an echelon of popularity that not even the academics and historians could’ve foreseen.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
“This is about building the next generation studio, so we think of this as the beginnings of Paramount, of Warner Bros., of those great studios,” Simpson said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
Then, it was a more daring saga about a woman from very humble beginnings taking raw talent to the top of the retail world, motivated by a mix of ambition and vengeance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
The beginnings of the new warren had been hollowed out among the roots of one of the beech trees.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
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