inception

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The 18-year-old is among an elite group of women breaking into motorsport, which has been dominated since its inception by two institutional powers - men and money.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

Clients are standing by the firm, which had put up annualized returns of more than 22% from its 2023 inception through 2025, one of the people said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

Horton’s fund has beaten the S&P 500 by a wide margin since its February 2022 inception, up 111% cumulatively versus the S&P 500’s 65%.

From Barron's • Mar. 11, 2026

Legal Aid, which has participated in the program since its inception in 2021, will have to stop accepting new clients if the contract does not pass on Tuesday.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026

At its inception, the topics for discussion almost always concerned research done elsewhere; by 1936, they almost always concerned research carried out at Berkeley.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik