inaugurating

verb

present participle of inaugurate
1
as in establishing
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 inducting
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 inaugurating Britain’s oppression invited the people to take charge of their government, inaugurating a period of broader political participation. — T. H. Breen, The Atlantic, 3 July 2026 Kim has moved quickly to capitalize, pouring investment into modernizing his capital and inaugurating one tourist resort after another. — Stella Kim, NBC news, 8 June 2026 In 1958, liberals and conservatives reached an agreement to alternate power, inaugurating the period known as the National Front. — Roberto Andrés, The Dial, 28 May 2026 The brand is also inaugurating a partnership with Foster Love, a nonprofit for children in foster care. — James Manso, Footwear News, 27 May 2026 Recorded at Glendale’s UHF Studio, Davis worked closely with producer-bassist Dan Horne and guitarist John Lee Shannon, inaugurating a new songwriting partnership—one that trades the solitary melancholia of her earlier albums for something more open-ended and conversational. — Emma Madden, Pitchfork, 28 Apr. 2026 This program collects two mid-length documentaries by Raymond Depardon from the mid-1970s, inaugurating a career-spanning interest in former French colonial Africa. — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 20 Jan. 2026 ChatGPT passed that benchmark earlier this year, inaugurating a new technological era, though not necessarily one of superhuman intelligence. — Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 17 Dec. 2025 On Thursday, President Emmanuel Macron visited each of the attack sites before inaugurating a new memorial garden behind Paris City Hall. — Rebecca Rosman, NPR, 13 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inaugurating
  1. establishing
  2. inducting
  3. founding
  4. initiating
  5. pioneering
  6. launching
  7. introducing
  8. creating
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  • The former second-round pick is suddenly one of the Lakers’ primary summer league players and hopes to use the experience as an important stepping stone, building up his game while also establishing a leadership voice.
    — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
  • As a bonus, those seasons are ideal for planting a replacement shrub or re-establishing a lawn if it is damaged during the shrub removal.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 5 July 2026
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  • The two companies recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to this effect, inducting Hazama Ando into Helical’s Official Partner program.
    — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 7 July 2026
  • Alongside this annual list, and for the fifth year, Forbes is inducting nine marketing leaders into its Forbes CMO Hall of Fame, recognizing those who would have this year appeared on the World’s Most Influential CMOs list five times.
    — Forbes Press Releases, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
Definition of inducting
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  • There is a Liberty Bell, a gift from King Louis XV of France, that predates the larger and more famous one in Philadelphia, and there’s an American story that predates America’s founding 250 years ago.
    — Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
  • America, whose Constitution was formulated by white men, struggled to live up to its founding ideals in the days of slavery and displacement of Native Americans.
    — Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 3 July 2026
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  • Goldman Sachs reinforced that view this week, initiating coverage with a buy rating and a $186 price target.
    — Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 3 July 2026
  • In court documents, O’Hara alleged the defendants violated his First and Fourth Amendment rights, accusing them of unlawfully restricting free speech and initiating an unlawful seizure while using excessive force.
    — Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2026
Definition of initiating
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  • The triumph of their pioneering climb, however, was overshadowed by the pair’s disastrous descent.
    — Michael Loria, USA Today, 7 July 2026
  • His pioneering work on the colonial bar portrays a profession living through extraordinary uncertainty.
    — Joseph Andrew, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
Definition of pioneering
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  • All of this would give US forces an advantage in any future conflict with China, which is still in the early stages of launching its own versions of Starlink.
    — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 10 July 2026
  • To manage this change, the military is launching a transition program designed to retrain existing weapons and combat systems specialists to become fully qualified pilots for the B-21 fleet.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 10 July 2026
Definition of launching
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  • Instead of doubling down on a flawed system, policymakers can make gradual changes by introducing new tax categories in the existing framework and imposing taxes that correspond to the alcoholic content of that category.
    — Adam Hoffer, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
  • The soap can be absorbed by the berries, potentially introducing contaminants.
    — Martha Stewart, Martha Stewart, 3 July 2026
Definition of introducing
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  • Plus, darker tones help muffle visual clutter, creating a calming mood that feels loads richer than your budget might suggest.
    — Marisa Suzanne Martin, The Spruce, 8 July 2026
  • These elegant, loose-fitting pull-on pants sit high on the waist, creating a leg-lengthening effect.
    — Caroline Hughes, Travel + Leisure, 8 July 2026
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