- present participle of begin.
beginning
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Prosecutors alleged in the court documents that the violations appeared to date back to the beginning of the company’s contract with the Marine Corps Police Department at Camp Pendleton.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
Elsewhere, the Daily Telegraph leads with a possible "game changer" showing "Alzheimer's drug could stop disease", reporting on the beginning of a "major trial for new medicine that could prevent onset of degenerative condition".
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
Oil stored in the SPR was down by 3 million barrels at 316.5 million barrels, the smallest weekly withdrawal since the beginning of April.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
But she warned: "Changing prime minister is not a silver bullet. Indeed, it may be that the Labour Party's troubles are only just beginning."
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
At the beginning of the summer, I was pretty sure we both were.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Despite those similar beginnings, queens grow larger, develop more quickly, and can live much longer than workers.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 23, 2026
It’s a work in progress; you can see the beginnings of the cool building that they’re doing on the interior.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026
The story follows O'Grady's beginnings on Merseyside and on the London club scene before he became well known across the country.
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026
By the time the table was in my apartment, 33 floors above downtown Los Angeles, I wondered if that was what I had been doing all along — seeing if I still believed in beginnings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026
He felt the beginnings of doubt begin to creep in.
From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon
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