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inception

[in-sep-shuhn] / ɪnˈsɛp ʃən /


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Before the humiliating collapse, Aschenbrenner’s fund had shown phenomenal returns of more than 1000% since its inception in 2024.

From MarketWatch Aug. 17, 2026

"Since the inception of this project, our idea has met with repeated doubt and pushback," said Li.

From Science Daily Aug. 8, 2026

The PIF had backed LIV Golf since its inception in 2022, spending an estimated $6 billion.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 5, 2026

Since the academy's inception more than 40 students have secured college football scholarships in the United States.

From BBC Jul. 30, 2026

Ernest’s appearance would be only the eighth by a US physicist since the inception.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

While Fleiss has been the face of the “The Bachelor,” “The Bachelorette” and other spinoffs since the shows’ inceptions, trade publications report he hasn’t led day-to-day operations in around a decade.

From Seattle Times Mar. 28, 2023

Open—has been intimately involved in both projects since their inceptions earlier in the decade.

From Golf Digest Feb. 3, 2018

This early phase, from its earliest inceptions in the 1960s until 2000, is what J.G. Palfrey, the former executive director of the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University, calls the Open Internet.

From The Verge Apr. 13, 2016

Performance of the funds hasn’t kept up with the market, trailing their benchmarks since their inceptions.

From BusinessWeek Jan. 13, 2012

Out of the cloud that hangs around the vague inceptions of revolutions, a startling incident will sometimes flash like lightning, to show that the warring elements have begun their work.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 45, July, 1861 by Various




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