onset
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Elsewhere, the Daily Telegraph leads with a possible "game changer" showing "Alzheimer's drug could stop disease", reporting on the beginning of a "major trial for new medicine that could prevent onset of degenerative condition".
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
Aircraft production, for instance, plunged at the onset of the pandemic in 2020, when airlines delayed or canceled aircraft orders.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
The onset of a potentially powerful El Nino weather pattern could boost global heat in the oceans and atmosphere even further in 2026 and into next year, scientists say.
From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026
This was also the case in October 2007 and in early 2022, just before the onset of significant bear-market declines, Paulsen observes.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 26, 2026
‘And our scouts say that they have cast trenches and stakes across the road. We cannot sweep them away in sudden onset.’
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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It is more common in women than men and typically onsets in 40s, often taking a significant toll on their quality of life.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 20, 2024
He and his colleagues analyzed 1952-2011 temperature data and found the four seasons no longer occur equally and had irregular onsets.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 22, 2021
We used to call these “family words” when I was a kid: rat, bat, cat, mat, etc., all have the “-at” rime with different consonant onsets.
From Slate ● Nov. 29, 2018
Analyses of the passive playback experiments were the same as above, but the onsets and offsets of the sound sweeps were used as anchor points instead of the presses and the releases of the joystick.
From Nature ● Mar. 28, 2017
Weil's disease is characterized by sudden onsets of malaise, often intense muscular pain, high fever for several days, followed by jaundice, frequently accompanied by complications.
From Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights by Miller, Kelly
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