How to Use onset in a Sentence

onset

noun
Definition of onsetnext
Synonyms for onsetnext
  • At the onset of the pandemic in the spring of 2020, downtowns across the country emptied out.
    — Ash-Har Quraishi, Amy Corral, CBS News, 7 Mar. 2023
  • While most places see snow at the onset, coastal areas likely mix with and changeover to plain rain overnight into Tuesday AM.
    — Hartford Courant, 26 Feb. 2023
  • The onset of disease, famine, and chaos will only exacerbate the human devastation in the months to come.
    — Ziad Asali, The Atlantic, 17 Apr. 2024
  • For younger people whose connection with club culture was largely altered by the onset of the pandemic, these events set their expectations high.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 20 July 2024
  • That average age of onset for the disease is in an individual’s early 60s.
    — Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2024
  • The goal is to detect, track and treat the disease before symptoms have even been detected and thus to slow down the onset of symptoms and offer hope to those with a predisposition to the disease.
    — Linda Chase, Sun Sentinel, 15 July 2024
  • Trump’s election in 2016 marked the onset of the third stage.
    — Matthew Continetti, National Review, 16 Mar. 2024
  • The Last of Us star was unfazed at the onset of the wing challenge with host Sean Evans, cleaning the meat off the bone.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 9 Mar. 2023
  • One key difference between a cold and the flu is that the flu has a rapid onset.
    — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 16 Dec. 2023
  • The north wind reached 23 mph at least once, discouraging dreams of the onset of spring.
    — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2024
  • The 30-year-old located his pitches and filled up the strike zone from the onset of his outing.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 20 July 2023
  • For example, the disease is the leading cause of the onset of epilepsy in adults.
    — Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 9 May 2024
  • Since the onset of AI, experts have debated its pros and cons for the workforce.
    — Paolo Confino, Fortune, 14 May 2024
  • Some Democrats began calling for Biden to do just that after the 81-year-old stumbled from the onset of the debate.
    — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 28 June 2024
  • Of course, not every Tree Swallow responds to the onset of spring thaw in exactly the same way.
    — Lee Alan Dugatkin, Scientific American, 14 May 2024
  • Those who die of the virus usually do so within two weeks of onset, according to the WHO.
    — Erin Prater, Fortune Well, 12 Jan. 2024
  • After the onset of Covid, the network started screening for Covid, too.
    — Colin Puzo Smith, STAT, 28 Mar. 2023
  • Production was shut down, however, at the onset of the WGA strike.
    — Joe Otterson, Variety, 25 Sep. 2023
  • By all accounts, the coming year looks like more of the same albeit a bit more uneventful at the onset – which is good news.
    — Greg Petro, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
  • The onset of the virus triggered more remote work, a trend that caused demand to boom for tech devices and tech services.
    — George Avalos, The Mercury News, 12 Jan. 2024
  • This could have been avoided if the Fed had succeeded in doing its job as lender of last resort to SVB at the onset of the run.
    — Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Nalysnyk recalled her words to him at the onset of the Russian invasion of Ukraine early last year.
    — Laura Crimaldi, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Mar. 2023
  • Now, a pair of studies suggests the birds rely on the onset of dusk and the suggestion of fair skies ahead as signs for taking flight.
    — Erin Blakemore, Anchorage Daily News, 8 May 2023
  • At stroke onset, a clot or ruptured blood vessel interrupts blood flow to the brain.
    — Bree Iskandar, STAT, 15 Aug. 2023
  • Huntsman New York is at about four to five months from onset to completion right now.
    — Isiah Magsino, Town & Country, 6 May 2023
  • The climb of Kohl’s Plenty of ink has been spilled about the death of the department store, mainly thanks to the onset of fast fashion and online shopping.
    — Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 12 Mar. 2024
  • Irvin revealed that his wife Sandy, 58, has early onset Alzheimers.
    — Clarence E. Hill Jr., Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 June 2024
  • This can happen as soon as 48 to 72 hours after onset of symptoms.
    — Marisa Sloan, Discover Magazine, 6 Apr. 2023
  • The deal was cemented in May before the onset of the writers’ strike, per the Hollywood Reporter.
    — Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2023
  • The typical age of onset for menopause is a broad range — typically from 45 to 55.
    — Taijuan Moorman, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2024

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