INAUGURATED Synonyms: 81 Similar and Opposite Words

inaugurated

verb

past tense of inaugurate

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 Little Gurus’ Nest, inaugurated in January 2023, uses the Montessori and Waldorf methods to educate children under age 5 – free of charge. — Anne Pinto-Rodrigues, Christian Science Monitor, 20 July 2026 The Bucksbaum Award was inaugurated in 2000 by the late Melva Bucksbaum, a patron of the arts and longtime Whitney trustee. — News Desk, Artforum, 16 July 2026 The category was inaugurated in 2008 with Survivor host Probst taking the Emmy for the first four years. — Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 8 July 2026 Building a football-first stadium in the Florida city, which was inaugurated over Easter, was not easy. — James Horncastle, New York Times, 8 July 2026 The Multi-Site Computer Austria (or MUSICA) was officially inaugurated on Friday, July 3, 2026. — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 3 July 2026 Art as cult fodder, marginalia, obscurantism—Duchamp inaugurated all of this. — Sebastian Smee, The Atlantic, 29 June 2026 The Mont Blanc Tunnel was inaugurated by Italian President Giuseppe Saragat and French President Charles de Gaulle. — USA Today, 29 June 2026 This mile and an eighth run over the main track was inaugurated in 1982 and has long been a stepping stone towards Breeders’ Cup glory and beyond. — Danny Brewer, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026

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PayJoy, founded by Doug Ricket, is transforming credit access in the global south, enabling millions to afford phones and invest in micro-businesses where traditional credit is scarce.

— Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 24 July 2026
Liberty was founded by Arthur Lasenby Liberty in 1875 and has always been a vast curiosity shop selling ornaments, fabrics, furniture and art from around the world.

— Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 23 July 2026

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They were repatriated through cooperation between Indonesia’s Culture Ministry and the FBI after provenance research established the objects had been smuggled out of Indonesia, Zon said.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 July 2026
Jarvis has established himself as one of the best two-way wingers in the league for that exact reason.

— Dom Luszczyszyn, New York Times, 22 July 2026

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Clark initiated some of the contact while driving to the basket, and reasonable people can disagree about whether the play deserved a whistle.

— Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 23 July 2026
The voluntary recall was initiated after PT Organics Limited’s packaging supplier recalled a production run of defective pouches last week.

— Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 23 July 2026

Definition of initiated

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This work was pioneered by the late William Powell and his colleagues in the College of Environmental Science and Forestry at the State University of New York in Syracuse.

— Steve Strauss, The Conversation, 22 July 2026
One of the key figures was Christian Weyer, a young French banker at the Geneva branch of Banque de Paris et des Pays-Bas (Paribas), who pioneered the use of letters of credit secured against physical goods.

— Lysanne Currie, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026

Definition of pioneered

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Mansell has not yet launched a concerted TikTok strategy, even though women between 18 and 24 are among Formula 1’s fastest-growing audiences.

— Jacques Ledbetter, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026
This mechanism will be modeled off the NBA’s replay center, which was launched in 2014.

— Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 26 July 2026

Definition of launched

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This year, lawmakers introduced narrower proposals, including a bill to create a statewide HOA complaint tracking system, but those measures remain stuck in committee.

— Nora O'Neill July 28, Charlotte Observer, 28 July 2026
The second apron is a luxury tax mechanism introduced in the 2023 collective bargaining agreement that imposes severe financial and roster-building restrictions on teams with exceptionally high payrolls.

— Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 27 July 2026

Definition of introduced

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Along the way, some businesses failed while others became neighborhood institutions that, collectively, created a place where almost every storefront seemed to have a story behind it.

— Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 27 July 2026
Melanie Barcenas and Gia Corley created difficult tests for Dickey.

— Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 July 2026

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