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as in founded
to be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of
inaugurated the college's athletic program for women
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as in inducted
to put into an office or welcome into an organization with special ceremonies
the president inaugurated the newest member of the club with a welcoming speech
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Recent Examples of inaugurated
In July 2024, a Power4Future facility was inaugurated with a dedicated production line for lithium battery systems supporting the NFS program.
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Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 3 Mar. 2026
The democratic system inaugurated in 2000 never established a judicial or security structure able to replace that authoritarian control, analysts say.
—Mary Beth Sheridan, CNN Money, 24 Feb. 2026
China recently inaugurated its first School of Interstellar Navigation within the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 24 Feb. 2026
Spanberger, who was inaugurated in January after serving three terms in the House of Representatives, will discuss lowering the persistently high costs of housing, health care, energy and groceries despite the administration's insistence that some of these costs have come down.
—Hannah Demissie, ABC News, 24 Feb. 2026
Starting with former President Ronald Reagan, several recent presidents have delivered speeches in the months after being inaugurated that serve the same purpose as the State of the Union, even without formally being one, according to the American Presidency Project.
—Cooper Worth, Des Moines Register, 24 Feb. 2026
The transition committees were a continuation of Laesch’s transition team, which was active for roughly one month between when he was elected and when he was inaugurated.
—R. Christian Smith, Chicago Tribune, 22 Feb. 2026
Deleon was one of the people who inaugurated the Camino de San Francisco.
—Max Darrow, CBS News, 22 Feb. 2026
That’s because instructions were not clear on when media would be allowed in on Thursday when Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the event.
—Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 21 Feb. 2026
Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 3 Mar. 2026
The democratic system inaugurated in 2000 never established a judicial or security structure able to replace that authoritarian control, analysts say.
—Mary Beth Sheridan, CNN Money, 24 Feb. 2026
China recently inaugurated its first School of Interstellar Navigation within the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 24 Feb. 2026
Spanberger, who was inaugurated in January after serving three terms in the House of Representatives, will discuss lowering the persistently high costs of housing, health care, energy and groceries despite the administration's insistence that some of these costs have come down.
—Hannah Demissie, ABC News, 24 Feb. 2026
Starting with former President Ronald Reagan, several recent presidents have delivered speeches in the months after being inaugurated that serve the same purpose as the State of the Union, even without formally being one, according to the American Presidency Project.
—Cooper Worth, Des Moines Register, 24 Feb. 2026
The transition committees were a continuation of Laesch’s transition team, which was active for roughly one month between when he was elected and when he was inaugurated.
—R. Christian Smith, Chicago Tribune, 22 Feb. 2026
Deleon was one of the people who inaugurated the Camino de San Francisco.
—Max Darrow, CBS News, 22 Feb. 2026
That’s because instructions were not clear on when media would be allowed in on Thursday when Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the event.
—Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 21 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inaugurated
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Indian hotelier Ashok Khanna founded the place as a response to epidemic stress levels, with a mission to rebalance holistically.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
17 Mar. 2026
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Encode is led by Stanford University student Sneha Revanur, who founded the organization in 2020.—
Robert Schmad,
The Washington Examiner,
17 Mar. 2026
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An optimist and networker with Harpo Marx hair, he was inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame in 2023 for helping invent the HTTPS encryption system and was among the first to take AI seriously, back when AI seemed even more insane.—
Joe Hagan,
Vanity Fair,
18 Mar. 2026
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In 2018, the record (Jay-Z's sixth LP) was inducted into the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry.—
KiMi Robinson,
USA Today,
18 Mar. 2026
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Setting an example Leju, a humanoid robot company that established a robot training center in Shijiazhuang, Hebei, with state support, has created environments such as an automobile assembly line, a smart home, and an eldercare facility within a 10,000-square-foot ㎡ space.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Mar. 2026
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Several of the newest members, picked by Kennedy and his allies, have questioned established medical research on vaccines.—
Jacob Rosen,
CBS News,
16 Mar. 2026
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Requests can be initiated by a property owner whose land touches the street or by a City Council member.—
Dante Motley,
Austin American Statesman,
20 Mar. 2026
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Another investigation was initiated the following year by the commission after Givens was accused of presiding over two criminal cases after she’d been recused, jailing a man in one case and revoking bond from another.—
Jane Harper,
Dallas Morning News,
20 Mar. 2026
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Around 1980, channels such as C-SPAN and CNN pioneered the idea that videos could mediate the reality of a universe that is too large and complex to be wholly perceived for people with limited time, attention, and sensory abilities.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 Mar. 2026
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The countertop material — typically the mineral quartz crushed and cooked with plastic resins, dyes and glass into slabs — was pioneered in 1987 by Israel’s Caesarstone, which still makes it and is named in hundreds of lawsuits, including Peña’s.—
Ethan Baron,
Mercury News,
16 Mar. 2026
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Both sides have launched multiple strikes against each other from Lebanon, and noncombatants have been killed as a result.—
Washington Examiner Staff,
The Washington Examiner,
16 Mar. 2026
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Kathryn Palmer Israel launched a new wave of strikes on Iran on Sunday, the Israel Defense Forces announced, targeting infrastructure in western Iran.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
16 Mar. 2026
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Encode’s vice president of public policy issued a statement endorsing HB 286 after the group paid for polling that found broad support for the bill among Utah voters just days after it was introduced.—
Robert Schmad,
The Washington Examiner,
17 Mar. 2026
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Prosecutors have also introduced letters from the State Department, the Defense Department, the Drug Enforcement Administration and the FBI stating that searches found no record that the defendants had ever been employed by those federal agencies.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
17 Mar. 2026
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And that’s the exact advantage Mansfield Summit’s smothering defense created in the Class 5A Division II state championship.—
Charles Baggarly,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 Mar. 2026
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The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.—
KANSAS CITY STAR WEATHER BOT,
Kansas City Star,
15 Mar. 2026
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“Inaugurated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inaugurated. Accessed 22 Mar. 2026.
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