install

1
as in to inaugurate
to put into an office or welcome into an organization with special ceremonies installed her as the new principal of the high school

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2
as in to lodge
to establish or place comfortably or snugly installed herself in an easy chair by the fireplace and remained there for the rest of the afternoon

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Recent Examples of install Meanwhile, after mounting criticism over the government’s inaction, authorities approved a 100 million shekel ($29.5 million) plan to renovate existing public shelters and install portable ones — but that only happened seven days into the war. Deborah Danan, Sun Sentinel, 26 June 2025 Billions of dollars are at stake, which Congress had allocated to the states in order to install high-speed chargers along highway corridors. Camila Domonoske, NPR, 25 June 2025 This will check for and both download and install the update. Davey Winder, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025 Click the Accept and install button, and your Windows 10 PC will be upgraded to Windows 11. Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 24 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for install
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  • Showing its spring 2026 collection at Pitti Uomo as this season’s guest of honor of the menswear trade fair, the brand inaugurates the roving presentation schedule announced earlier this year.
    Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 17 June 2025
  • Breeze Airways inaugurated direct flights on June 12 from Orlando and Tampa to the Southernmost City, according to the Monroe County Tourist Development Council.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 13 June 2025
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  • The bullet exited the woman’s left temple and then lodged in Holiday’s forearm.
    Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 17 June 2025
  • Back at the scene, Mariska was pulled from the wreckage, where she had been lodged under the passenger seat with a head injury, explains her stepmom, Ellen Hargitay.
    Catherine Santino, People.com, 17 June 2025
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  • Regularly appearing on lists of the funniest and most romantic films ever made, the tale of Westley and the Princess Buttercup was even inducted into the National Film Registry in 2016.
    Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 20 June 2025
  • He was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 2019.
    Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2025
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  • Named for famous astronomer Vera Rubin, the observatory is perched on a mountain in northern Chile in the foothills of the Andes.
    Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 23 June 2025
  • People are perched atop the car, as well as those hanging off its side, in an impressive, partially aerial twerk.
    Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2025
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  • The water initiates a chemical reaction that lasts about six hours.
    Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 28 June 2025
  • The company has reportedly initiated preliminary steps toward launching an initial public offering.
    Dylan Butts, CNBC, 26 June 2025
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  • That’s how much Americans have parked in money-market funds.
    Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
  • Satellite images from Maxar Technology captured vehicles activity at Fordow in the days leading up to the U.S. strikes, including a line of cargo trucks parked outside.
    Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 25 June 2025
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  • Those facilities had been nestled for nearly a century next to trees more than 250 feet tall and more than 1,500 years old.
    Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 19 June 2025
  • The amygdala, nestled in the temporal lobes of your brain, is charged with ensuring survival.
    Sara Connell, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
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  • The first decade positioned Pomellato firmly as part of the Milanese goldsmith tradition, hinging on know-how and craftsmanship.
    Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 20 June 2025
  • Mbeumo, who had made an out-to-in movement from the right, positioned himself between the Brighton centre-backs.
    Elias Burke, New York Times, 20 June 2025

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“Install.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/install. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.

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