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as in to induct
to put into an office or welcome into an organization with special ceremonies
the new sisters will be baptized with special initiation rites at the sorority house
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Recent Examples of baptize
Within a decade, the king of Kongo was baptized as a Catholic, changing his name from Nzinga a Nkuwu to João I.
Nzinga Mbemba succeeded João I as King Afonso I with the support of Portuguese clergy.
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Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 12 July 2025
Vance was baptized Catholic at St. Gertrude Church in Cincinnati, about a 15-minute drive from his home.
—Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Their oldest child, Ewan, has decided to be baptized Catholic.
—Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 June 2025
Roughly a century later, in 1699, the tenth guru prohibited baptized Sikhs from cutting their hair, and the turban became enshrined as a martial and spiritual requirement for men.
—Manvir Singh, New Yorker, 21 June 2025
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Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 12 July 2025
Vance was baptized Catholic at St. Gertrude Church in Cincinnati, about a 15-minute drive from his home.
—Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Their oldest child, Ewan, has decided to be baptized Catholic.
—Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 June 2025
Roughly a century later, in 1699, the tenth guru prohibited baptized Sikhs from cutting their hair, and the turban became enshrined as a martial and spiritual requirement for men.
—Manvir Singh, New Yorker, 21 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for baptize
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But Democratic members were chosen as vice chairs of all the standing committees, and some were named chairs of subcommittees.—
John C. Moritz,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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Ube Butter Banana French Toast Lumpia from Lumpia City was named the winner July 29 in Wisconsin State Fair's annual Sporkies competition for new menu items at the festival.—
Jim Higgins,
jsonline.com,
30 July 2025
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As part of this year’s festivities, four players will also be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday, including Chargers legendary tight end Antonio Gates.—
Mark J. Burns,
Forbes.com,
28 July 2025
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Former Marlins manager Jim Leyland, who led the franchise to its first World Series title in 1997, was inducted into the Hall in 2024.—
Kaitlyn Pohly,
Miami Herald,
25 July 2025
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Instead, call the APS Outage Hotline at 602-371-3680 or 1-855-688-2437 or visit aps.com/outage.—
Russ Wiles,
The Arizona Republic,
14 Feb. 2023
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Congress might also call on President Biden to ban TikTok under the IEEPA.—
Emily Baker-White,
Forbes,
14 Feb. 2023
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Citing comments from industry sources familiar with the matter, the South Korean publication noted that the Hanwha Ocean Global Engineering Center India was inaugurated on Sunday at an industrial hub in Noida, some 26 kilometers away from India's capital, New Delhi.—
Amala Balakrishner,
CNBC,
31 July 2025
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Then, shortly after Trump was inaugurated, ICE officers asked Blanco to come in for another appointment and detained him.—
Perla Trevizo,
ProPublica,
30 July 2025
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Gaga is also nominated for Artist of the Year, while her latest LP, Mayhem, is up for Album of the Year.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
5 Aug. 2025
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The feature marks her directorial follow-up to 2023 romantic comedy Rye Lane, which earned two British Independent Film Awards and was nominated at the BAFTA Awards.—
Ryan Gajewski,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Aug. 2025
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Kugler’s resignation creates an immediate opportunity for Trump to install an official at the Fed who can push for those lower rates, rather than having to wait until January when her term was due to expire to appoint a replacement.—
Bloomberg News,
Boston Herald,
2 Aug. 2025
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Bengals demanded county pay for new suites, reimburse team for other projects Blackburn's letter also demanded the county pay to install six field-level suites in the stadium, estimated to cost $50 million.—
Erin Glynn,
The Enquirer,
2 Aug. 2025
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Their offspring spread further west, and in 2011 a wolf dubbed OR7 by biologists made its way from Oregon to California, achieving minor celebrity as residents watched his progress on online cameras and cheered the breed’s success.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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The bill, dubbed the most substantial housing package since the 1990s, unanimously passed the Senate Banking Committee on Tuesday.—
Nick Mordowanec,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Aug. 2025
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In the winter of 1967, Senator Clinton P. Anderson and his space committee initiated an inquiry into the disastrous Apollo 1 fire that killed three American astronauts.—
Matthew Beddingfield,
Scientific American,
2 Aug. 2025
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But such laws are only effective if the individual demonstrated warning signs so that others can alert law enforcement and initiate the process of revoking the person’s firearm, Chittum said.—
Josh Campbell,
CNN Money,
2 Aug. 2025
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“Baptize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/baptize. Accessed 8 Aug. 2025.
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