commence
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Contemporary Examples of commence
But in order to commence rebuilding them from the ground up, the world must first put out the fires of this current epidemic.
However, only days before early voting was to commence, a local judge ordered the polling station open.
Led by Johan van Griensven, the study will commence in Guinea in the next three weeks.
It builds to a masquerade ball, in which Not Harry and the women don masks and commence flirting.
This weekend, the battle will commence when the “Moms” and their allies demonstrate outside the NRA Convention in Indianapolis.
Historical Examples of commence
The office has come to me unsought; I commence its duties untrammeled.
In the mean time, the slaughter was about to commence on the other side.
The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and CaliforniaBrevet Col. J.C. Fremont
At four in the morning, we would turn out, and commence our work.
Ned MyersJames Fenimore Cooper
O, when will the reign of perfect charity, that "thinketh no evil," commence!
Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. IIFrancis Augustus Cox
I never give up what I once commence, and I never fail in what I undertake!
Night and Morning, CompleteEdward Bulwer-Lytton