commences
- present tense form of commence (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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In Ryan Coogler’s Imax spectacle, where the blues collides with vampires, the monstrous transformation commences with Pearline’s siren call: “Pale, Pale Moon.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 9, 2026
This stress becomes all too real in the documentary when the brothers and their writing team are still working on the final episode's script when filming commences.
From BBC • Jan. 13, 2026
Which is too bad, because the book gains energy when the flattery ebbs and the dishing commences.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025
District Judge Tanya Chutkan, has to decide before the actual trial commences what evidence proffered by the DOJ will be admissible.
From Salon • Oct. 19, 2024
But before anything interesting can happen, the preaching commences.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
