commenced

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Commenced in 1889, completed in 1908, it has teemed ever since with the most consistently well dressed public in the world.

From Time Magazine Archive

Commenced to sing, commenced to sob and sigh, singing and sobbing.

From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston

Commenced writing to John but was interrupted by the arrival of a heavy mail.

From An Artilleryman's Diary by Jones, Jenkins Lloyd

Commenced in 1731, they were finished and extended in 1787.

From Rheims and the Battles for its Possession Illustrated Michelin Guides to the Battle-Fields (1914-1918) by Various

Commenced heavier than air experiments so long ago as 1879, when he made an aeroplane driven by compressed air.

From Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1913 by Various