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Est. 1828
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'commences'
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151
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176
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170
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77
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commences
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start
/
Verb, Noun
get
/
Noun, Verb
begin
x/
Verb, Verb
embark on
x//
Phrase, Verb
lead off
//
Phrase, Verb
set about
/x/
Phrase, Verb
set out
//
Phrase, Verb
start out
//
Phrase, Verb
start off
//
Phrase, Verb
initiates
x/xx
Noun
recommenced
xx/
Verb
activates
/xx
Verb
concludes
x/
Verb
ensues
x/
Verb
occurs
x/
Verb
get started
//x
Phrase, Verb
originates
x/xx
Verb
proceeds
x/
Noun, Verb
start up
/x
Phrase, Verb
completes
x/
Verb
progresses
/xx
Verb
initiatory
x/xxx
Adjective
initializing
x/xxx
Verb
constitutes
/xx
Verb
initiation
xxx/x
Noun
signifies
/xx
Verb
terminates
/xx
Verb
occurrence
x/x
Noun
transpires
x/x
Verb
continues
x/x
Verb
enters
/x
Verb
actions
/x
Noun
resuming
x/x
Verb
launches
/x
Noun
sequence
/x
Noun
conducts
x/
Verb
involves
x/
Verb
inaugurating
x/xxx
Verb
continuation
xxx/x
Noun
launch into
/x/
Phrase, Verb
executes
/xx
Verb
induces
x/x
Verb
summons
/x
Noun
approaches
x/x
Noun
fire up
/x/
Phrase, Verb
resumption
x/x
Noun
culminates
/xx
Verb
incorporates
x/xx
Verb
engage in
x/x
Phrase
establishes
x/xx
Verb
arrives
x/
Verb
official
x/x
Noun
the word
x/
Phrase, Noun
under way
/x/
Phrase, Adverb
complete with
x//
Phrase
command
x/
Noun
translates
x/
Verb
starting point
/x/
Phrase, Noun
introduces
xx/x
Verb
connects
x/
Verb
completion
x/x
Noun
causes
/x
Noun
ossification
xxx/x
Noun
myelination
/xx/x
Noun
earnest
/x
Adjective
laying
/x
Noun
lasts
/
Verb
earlier
/xx
Adjective
solidification
x/xx/x
Noun
ends
/
Verb
monsoon
x/
Noun
flowering
/xx
Verb, Noun
germination
xx/x
Noun
spreads
/
Verb
extends
x/
Verb
radiates
/xx
Verb
ascends
x/
Verb
fin
/
Noun
insidiously
x/xxx
Adverb
menstruation
xx/x
Noun
ceases
/x
Verb
calcification
/xx/x
Noun
boiling
/x
Noun
ascent
x/
Noun
crystallization
/xxxx
Noun
puberty
/xx
Noun
closes
/x
Verb
finishes
/xx
Noun, Verb
fermentation
xx/x
Noun
attains
x/
Verb
descends
x/
Verb
repayment
x/x
Noun
reaches
/x
Verb
invocation
xx/x
Noun
incubation
xx/x
Noun
eruption
x/x
Noun
season
/x
Noun
jumps
/
Verb
drilling
/x
Noun
distinguishing
x/xx
Verb
breeding
/x
Noun
dissection
x/x
Noun
settles
/x
Verb
runs
/
Verb
anew
x/
Adverb
condensation
xx/x
Noun
filing
/x
Verb
passes
/x
Verb
trading
/x
Noun
bombardment
x/x
Noun
epoch
/x
Noun
dominion
x/x
Noun
stretches
/x
Verb
taxpayer
/xx
Noun
planting
/x
Noun
prologue
/x
Noun
descent
x/
Noun
freezing
/x
Noun
marks
/
Verb
chanced
/
Verb
regeneration
x/x/x
Noun
crosses
/x
Verb
decomposition
xxx/x
Noun
cycle
/x
Noun
digestion
x/x
Noun
discharge
x/
Verb
lawsuit
/x
Noun
feeding
/x
Noun
sunset
/x
Noun
incision
x/x
Noun
rises
/x
Verb
litigation
xx/x
Noun
execution
xx/x
Noun
replication
xx/x
Noun
festival
/xx
Noun
transcription
x/x
Noun
narrative
/xx
Noun
persists
x/
Verb
anteriorly
x/xxx
Adverb
vein
/
Noun
deposition
xx/x
Noun
dancing
/x
Noun
harvest
/x
Noun
reign
/
Noun
rent
/
Verb
excavation
xx/x
Noun
ceremony
/xxx
Noun
voyage
/x
Noun
trail
/
Noun
rotate
/x
Verb
phase
/
Noun
appears
x/
Noun
arises
x/x
Verb
boots
/
Noun
commencement
x/x
Noun
comprise
x/
Verb
corresponds
xx/
Verb
differs
/x
Verb
go
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
introductory
xx/xx
Adjective
makes
/
Verb
onwards
/x
Adverb
opens
/x
Verb
possesses
x/x
Verb, Noun
predominates
x/xx
Verb
put
/
Verb, Noun
serve
/
Verb, Noun
suffers
/x
Verb, Noun
undertakes
/xx
Verb
varies
/x
Verb
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