beginning and end

Example Sentences

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When I look back, my eyes go right to these two books, the beginning and end of something, and maybe, a new beginning.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2026

These visible operations represent only the beginning and end of a five-stage process that brings fossil fuels from the ground to their final use.

From Science Daily • Nov. 20, 2025

When I visited, at least, it played—mercifully—only at the beginning and end, not throughout.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 11, 2025

For England to be a man down and have to bowl twice on Friday was far from ideal, albeit if they were limited bursts at the beginning and end of the day.

From BBC • Aug. 1, 2025

However, the North and South Poles correspond to the beginning and end of the universe in imaginary time.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking