break ground
Example Sentences
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After Toyota broke ground in Georgetown, Ky., in 1986, the industry followed.
They lost their 1923-era home in the fire, but are preparing to break ground on a new home in the same style as their old one.
From Los Angeles Times
AEG, too, will not be breaking ground on this project in the near future, a company representative said.
From Los Angeles Times
In September, it broke ground on its first nuclear power plant at INL, one of 42 federally funded laboratories in the U.S.
From Barron's
Or it could be a startup like PsiQuantum, which is building large-scale quantum computers in Australia and in Chicago, where it broke ground in September.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
