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onset

[on-set, awn-] / ˈɒnˌsɛt, ˈɔn- /


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The timing of disease onset also differed significantly.

From Science Daily • Apr. 15, 2026

But he’s steadily lost their support since the onset of the war, according to new bipartisan polling.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

He joined shortly after the onset of the city’s fiscal crisis.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

Jeffries' lawyers argue that he is suffering with dementia and late onset of Alzheimer's disease and is unfit to face trial alongside his partner and their alleged middleman in October.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

The onset of his chronic migraine headache had also incapacitated him for much of May.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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