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as in founds
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 inducts
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 inaugurates
In theory, this transition inaugurates a chapter of enfranchisement, but in the next scene the Senegalese businessmen are in suits, and the white men return with briefcases full of money as bribes.
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Lovia Gyarkye, IndieWire, 19 Aug. 2025
Lovia Gyarkye, IndieWire, 19 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inaugurates
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The flippancy with which these characters are made to bite the dust establishes the film’s combustible tone.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
1 Oct. 2025
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Slowly rising closer to its preseason number (+750), Kansas City looks dangerous as the roster gets healthy and Patrick Mahomes establishes a rhythm.—
Scott Phillips,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 2025
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Charlie Shoop, president of Professional Finance Company, said his company initiates wage garnishment on less than 1% of all accounts placed with it for collection.—
Rae Ellen Bichell,
Fortune,
29 Sep. 2025
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Roth initiates Beauty Health as buy Roth said the beauty stock is a turnaround story.—
Michael Bloom,
CNBC,
19 Sep. 2025
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Meta launches online safety lessons for students Beyond apps and schools, Meta partnered with Childhelp to create a nationwide online safety curriculum tailored for middle schoolers.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
4 Oct. 2025
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The series launches mid-March 2026 on NHK and Mediacorp Singapore, coinciding with the countries’ 60th diplomatic anniversary.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
3 Oct. 2025
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Little River Canyon National Preserve introduces visitors to a magnificent gorge that was created by the Little River cutting across the top of Lookout Mountain.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
4 Oct. 2025
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Freakier Friday, the two-decades-in-the-making sequel to 2003’s Freaky Friday, reunites Lohan with Jamie Lee Curtis as her mom Tess and introduces a double-body-swap plot line that sees Lohan switching places with Butters as her teen daughter.—
Katie Atkinson,
Billboard,
2 Oct. 2025
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Rolling or folding one end of the towel creates a slight angle for the brushes to dry on.—
Cody Godwin,
USA Today,
5 Oct. 2025
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Updating colleagues on the Dragon Bravo Fire during a meeting of the Glen Canyon Adaptive Management Program in late August, Grand Canyon Superintendent Ed Keable said rebuilding the lodge creates an opportunity to keep it open all year.—
Brandon Loomis,
AZCentral.com,
5 Oct. 2025
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“Inaugurates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inaugurates. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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