commenced
Americanadjective
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Principal photography commenced later that year in Cannes, Nice and the Côte d’Azur, and re-created the festival atmosphere.
From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026
The offer hasn’t yet commenced and remains subject to regulatory approvals.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026
By the time hostilities commenced in the Middle East it had halved, and Michael Saylor’s bitcoin vehicle suffered an even more vertiginous drop, from north of $450 last summer to a February trough of $106.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 22, 2026
Shares are at their highest level since they commenced trading on the New York Stock Exchange in February 2020.
From Barron's • Mar. 23, 2026
The students were not about to squander their momentum, however, which had overnight grown greater than at any time since the lunch-counter movement had commenced over three years earlier.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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