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inception

[in-sep-shuhn] / ɪnˈsɛp ʃən /


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ABC’s filing noted that the program has kept the same format and focus on topical news events since its inception.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 7, 2026

The Gates Foundation has made about $110 billion in charitable distributions since its inception.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 30, 2026

Shares in Versant fell nearly 40% in their first five weeks of trading but have since bounced back, although the stock remains down 21% since inception.

From MarketWatch Jun. 30, 2026

It has been up between 5% and 11% in the other years since its inception.

From Barron's Jun. 23, 2026

By 1997, the United States Congress had voted some 280 Congressional Gold Medals to civilians since its inception in 1776.

From "March Forward, Girl" by Melba Pattillo Beals

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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