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onset
[ on-set, awn- ]
noun
- a beginning or start:
the onset of winter.
- an assault or attack:
an onset of the enemy.
- Phonetics. the segment of a syllable preceding the nucleus, as the gr in great. Compare coda ( def 5 ), core 1( def 14 ).
onset
/ ˈɒ²ÔËŒ²õÉ›³Ù /
noun
- an attack; assault
- a start; beginning
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But that uptick in total encounters during the onset of the pandemic doesn't reflect the number of individuals CBP encountered, which is a smaller number, according to the Pew Research Center.
"Time outdoors, before a child becomes myopic, helps either prevent or delay the onset of their myopia."
At the onset, back in 2005, no one on the production could have anticipated the legs the show would grow, but Krasinski knows exactly when he realized “The Office†would be his breakthrough.
Sir Terry died after being diagnosed with a rare form of early onset Alzheimer's disease.
But with the early onset of summer this year, the company is staring at a washout season and having to shift gears.
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