Inauguration Day

noun

: January 20 following a presidential election on which the president of the U.S. is inaugurated

Examples of Inauguration Day in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

If Homelander's takeover of the United States government and rounding up of his chief dissenters took place around Inauguration Day in January, Godolkin University's fall semester kicks off around the end of August. —EW.com, 27 Aug. 2025

This dangerous reboot started on Inauguration Day, when the President unleashed DOGE agents across myriad federal agencies to needlessly access the personal data of tens of millions of people. —Cindy Cohn, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2025

Walters — who served 37 years total in the White House — was present on Nixon's final day in Office, the Inauguration Day move-in of three Carter families, the Pope's first White House visit, the South Lawn plane crash and the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. —Rachel Raposas, People.com, 21 Aug. 2025

While a few cases were resolved before Inauguration Day, dozens of other files remain open. —Michele Chabin, The Washington Examiner, 15 Aug. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1829, in the meaning defined above

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