onset
noun
a beginning or start.
onsets
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pluralof onset.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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It is more common in women than men and typically onsets in 40s, often taking a significant toll on their quality of life.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 20, 2024
He and his colleagues analyzed 1952-2011 temperature data and found the four seasons no longer occur equally and had irregular onsets.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 22, 2021
We used to call these “family words” when I was a kid: rat, bat, cat, mat, etc., all have the “-at” rime with different consonant onsets.
From Slate ● Nov. 29, 2018
Analyses of the passive playback experiments were the same as above, but the onsets and offsets of the sound sweeps were used as anchor points instead of the presses and the releases of the joystick.
From Nature ● Mar. 28, 2017
Those were onsets of involuntary contemplation; sudden partings of the conceptual veil.
From Practical Mysticism A Little Book for Normal People by Evelyn Underhill
