beginning
noun
an act or circumstance of entering upon an action or state.
beginnings
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pluralof beginning.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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"I had very limited resources. I didn't have any investors behind me. I come from very humble beginnings."
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
Some 200 prints by more than 80 artists working around the globe tell the story of art photography from its beginnings in the 19th century through the 1960s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026
Democrat Xavier Becerra, the frontrunner to become the state’s next governor, often invokes the story of his parents’ humble beginnings as immigrants from Mexico who, through hard work, built happy and productive lives in California.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
Those bubbles could expand away from one another while new regions undergo their own Big Bang-like beginnings.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026
The whoosh, the beat, the flow that punctuated my beginnings in another dark place.
From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson
