- past participle of begin.
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After spending years investigating how people can improve their emotional well-being, Coles has begun considering a broader question.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 14, 2026
The firm has begun charging clients on a value-based billing model, according to Global Chair Sunny Mann.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
He has now spent more than six years in jail without his trial having begun.
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026
Officials have only begun investigating the collapse but attention has focused on the neighboring construction site, where foundations were being prepared for a planned nine-story property.
From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2026
“There is no place more delightful than one’s own fireplace,” she read, and nodded in agreement, for the library had begun to get chilly now that afternoon was turning to dusk.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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