- present participle of begin.
beginning
Example Sentences
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“The more pain you have in the beginning, the more passive it might be,” Keogh said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 25, 2026
Giving gifts to Vini Jr would have been the beginning, the end and the in between of the things Scotland knew they couldn't do.
From BBC • Jun. 25, 2026
Maybe that signals the beginning of a period of relative calm—the stock was down around 1% ahead of the open Wednesday.
From Barron's • Jun. 24, 2026
At the beginning of June, the New York-based investment-management company said it was limiting redemptions from its $82 billion Blackstone Private Credit Fund, known as BCRED, to 5% of shares after a rise in requests.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 24, 2026
Chinatown was beginning to draw tourist traffic, but unfortunately the shop wasn’t on either of the two main arteries of the neighborhood.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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