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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
Donnie was baptized as an infant and later confirmed in his faith as a youth at St Paul’s Lutheran Church in Stewart.
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Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
As archbishop of Buenos Aires, Francis in 2012 notably criticized priests who refused to baptize children born out of wedlock.
—Phoebe Natanson, ABC News, 21 Apr. 2025
Hardy, who is a deaconess and camp coordinator for the church, was one of about 35 people who chose to be baptized on Easter Sunday.
—Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 20 Apr. 2025
Vance was baptized into the Catholic Church in 2019.
—Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Apr. 2025
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Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
As archbishop of Buenos Aires, Francis in 2012 notably criticized priests who refused to baptize children born out of wedlock.
—Phoebe Natanson, ABC News, 21 Apr. 2025
Hardy, who is a deaconess and camp coordinator for the church, was one of about 35 people who chose to be baptized on Easter Sunday.
—Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 20 Apr. 2025
Vance was baptized into the Catholic Church in 2019.
—Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for baptize
Verb
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Greg Abel, 62, who had been expected to be named CEO when Buffett retired, should take over at the end of the year, Buffett said.—
Mike Snider,
USA Today,
4 May 2025
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The last passenger pigeon, named Martha, died in captivity at the Cincinnati Zoo in 1914, marking the end of the species.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
4 May 2025
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With a professional soccer career that spanned 17 years for the U.S. Women’s National Team, legendary forward Carli Lloyd was officially inducted into the national Soccer Hall of Fame at Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas.—
Jackie Gutierrez,
Forbes.com,
4 May 2025
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However, the band missed the necessary votes to get inducted.—
Ernesto Lechner,
Rolling Stone,
3 May 2025
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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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Marx himself would call DEI a classic case of ideology, a set of benign-seeming ideas that disguise the workings of the rulers, in this case empowered progressives.—
WSJ,
WSJ,
14 Feb. 2023
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In Vietnam, dusty provincial museums and newer, sleeker ones inaugurated for the 50th anniversary echo the sentiment in reverse, displaying mannequins of wily peasant farmers taking on the U.S. war machine.—
Made by History,
Time,
30 Apr. 2025
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When Trump was inaugurated for his second term on Jan. 20, his administration came prepared -- shattering the record for the most executive orders signed on the first day in office.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
29 Apr. 2025
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Flower Drum Song was eventually nominated for five Academy Awards.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
1 May 2025
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Previous Tony winner Gabriel Ebert, who starred with Harvey Fierstein in his gay May-December romance play Gently Down the Stream, was also nominated.—
Mathew Rodriguez,
Them.,
1 May 2025
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The no-reboot security fixes would download and install in the background, deployed within the in-memory code of already running processes.—
Davey Winder,
Forbes.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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To quickly install that many charging stations is unrealistic and costly for Maryland taxpayers who would be forced to foot the bill.—
Albert R. Wynn,
Baltimore Sun,
28 Apr. 2025
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Drivers can now use two new lanes to traverse a six-mile stretch of Interstate 4 in Central Florida that is part of what was dubbed the most-congested corridor in the nation.—
Natalia Jaramillo,
The Orlando Sentinel,
28 Apr. 2025
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Around 102,000 people moved from California to the Lone Star State in 2022 alone, the Texas Realtors' 2024 Texas Relocation Report found—a phenomenon so common it has been dubbed Texafornia.—
Mark Weinstein,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Apr. 2025
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China is currently still saddled with a 145% import tariff, and the others were slated for tariffs ranging from 26% to 49% before Trump's 90-day pause initiated on April 9.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2025
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Separately, the Department of Education is initiating a rulemaking process this week that may further alter or curtail access to those programs.—
Adam S. Minsky,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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“Baptize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/baptize. Accessed 11 May. 2025.
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