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started

  • past participle of start.
  • past tense form of start.

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Started in 1947, Flint Assembly is GM’s longest-running assembly site in North America.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

How the Age 25 Brain Myth Started The focus on 25 traces back to brain imaging studies conducted in the late 1990s and early 2000s.

From Science Daily • Feb. 19, 2026

Tuttle’s thesis can be summarized best by the title of his note: “Europe Just Started Building a ‘Kill Switch’ for U.S.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 2, 2026

Started in London in 1996, the Mobo Awards have since been held all over the UK.

From BBC • Sep. 15, 2025

Started counting each time he could feel his blood pump through and past it.

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro