Example Sentences

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Never mind that the FDA blessed the biomarker measure before Regenxbio had commenced its trial.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026

She confirmed the state's health watchdog had commenced a "thorough, indepedent and transparent" investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death.

From BBC • Jan. 10, 2026

Occurring in the middle of an economic depression that had commenced three years earlier, the assembled Democrats lacked any clear favorite as they began to discuss whom they should select.

From Salon • Aug. 18, 2024

On Saturday, the Bruins had commenced a takeover.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2024

She thought awhile and decided that her conscious life had commenced at Nanny’s gate.

From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston