inaugurated

verb

past tense of inaugurate
1
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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2
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 The change comes a year after Pullin was formally inaugurated with high expectations for TCU’s growth. — Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Oct. 2026 Green created the organization’s annual awards ceremony and inaugurated the Circle of Champions. — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 21 Oct. 2026 The interview in The Bookman had inaugurated what turned into a flurry of correspondence with his old clerk in the spring of 1892. — Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2026 Ethiopia’s Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, inaugurated in September 2025 on the Blue Nile near Sudan, is Africa’s largest hydroelectric dam. — Khaled Kazziha, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2026 Similar debates were sparked by the building of Brazil’s Belo Monte dam, inaugurated in 2016, which displaced more than 40,000 people; and Colombia’s El Quimbo dam, on which construction began in 2011. — Hira Humayun, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2026 Located at 30 Galerie de Montpensier, the 323-square-foot space will be inaugurated by a solo exhibition for Deborah Roberts, running through November 28. — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 14 Oct. 2026 On Wednesday, President Laura Fernández inaugurated a mega-prison that emulates the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) that has become a symbol of Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele's security strategy. — ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026 On a recent Sunday, two friends inaugurated the team’s postseason playoffs run at Blazers, a bar in Williamsburg dedicated to women’s sports. — Jane Bua, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inaugurated
  1. founded
  2. inducted
  3. established
  4. initiated
  5. pioneered
  6. launched
  7. introduced
  8. created
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  • Brandon McElroy, who founded the nonprofit Green Air Solutions to lead the fight against J7, said in an interview that the denial was a decisive win.
    — Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Oct. 2026
  • That announcement came after Wedgewood was asked to comment on the findings of an investigation into its work by FiftyPlusOne, a website founded by former staff of the data-journalism site FiveThirtyEight.
    — Scott Clement, Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of founded
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  • Leeper became the first woman and Black person inducted into the Charlotte Broadcasting Hall of Fame in 2015.
    — Chase Jordan October 20, Charlotte Observer, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The pair will be inducted into the 2026 Silver Circle later this year along with other leaders in the television industry.
    — WBZ-News Staff, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of inducted
Verb
  • Neither party appears to have established much credibility with independent voters on the issue.
    — Will Johnson, Time, 21 Oct. 2026
  • The agency was established in 2021 to make sure electrical utilities work to reduce the risk of wildfires caused by their equipment.
    — Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of established
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  • Published on October 15 and initiated by Daniela Horn, the founder of Van Horn gallery, the letter centers around an event that was initially set to be staged at the city’s Heinrich Heine Institute on October 26.
    — Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Options trading in both stocks leaned bullish after the open Wednesday, with Meta options looking particularly one-sided as traders bought more calls than puts and more put trades likely initiated by sellers than buyers.
    — Oliver Renick, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of initiated
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  • The facility depends on the same KBS-3 isolation technology pioneered alongside Finland.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Apple's first foldable comes seven years after Samsung pioneered the category, but the American tech giant is expected to take a sizable chunk of the market.
    — MacKenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of pioneered
Verb
  • Russia launched more than 20 attacks on Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk region overnight into Sunday, using drones and an aerial bomb, according to local authorities.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026
  • According to Ukrainian authorities, over 153 Russian Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) were launched at Ukraine from Russia, mainly targeting large department stores and warehouses.
    — Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of launched
Verb
  • The government also promised 15,000 additional places in higher education, introduced across the next two years, and increases in student grants linked to inflation from the start of the next academic year.
    — Thomas Adamson, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Government bond investors want cuts to public spending, less borrowing and business-friendly measures aimed at boosting growth, such as reversing some of the payroll tax increases introduced under Reeves.
    — Ian King, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of introduced
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  • In November 2021, crew members took shelter inside their spacecraft after a Russian anti-satellite weapons test created a dangerous cloud of debris.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026
  • The series, created by Marc Crehuet with Alejandra Guimerà, was co-penned by Crehuet with Carmen Marfá, Natalia Boadas and Serielizados co-founder Víctor Sala.
    — Annika Pham, Variety, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of created

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“Inaugurated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inaugurated. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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