Inauguration Day
noun
: January 20 following a presidential election on which the president of the U.S. is inaugurated
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In the wake of Inauguration Day, Kash Patel, who has made a career of attacking Trump’s enemies and in return got appointed to run the F.B.I., appeared at Butterworth’s, as did Curtis Yarvin, the fringe anti-democracy writer.
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Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
Since Inauguration Day, the stock is down about 20%.
—Jason Gewirtz, CNBC, 21 Apr. 2025
And Trump has been going through IRS chiefs at a historically fast pace, five since Inauguration Day.
—Paul Bedard, The Washington Examiner, 19 Apr. 2025
Trump signed a hiring freeze on Inauguration Day as part of a pledge to reduce the size of the government and to gain control over what allies saw as a bureaucrat-heavy workforce that was potentially not fully aligned with his agenda.
—Brett Samuels, The Hill, 17 Apr. 2025
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Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
Since Inauguration Day, the stock is down about 20%.
—Jason Gewirtz, CNBC, 21 Apr. 2025
And Trump has been going through IRS chiefs at a historically fast pace, five since Inauguration Day.
—Paul Bedard, The Washington Examiner, 19 Apr. 2025
Trump signed a hiring freeze on Inauguration Day as part of a pledge to reduce the size of the government and to gain control over what allies saw as a bureaucrat-heavy workforce that was potentially not fully aligned with his agenda.
—Brett Samuels, The Hill, 17 Apr. 2025
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“Inauguration Day.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Inauguration%20Day. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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