as in to inaugurate
to put into an office or welcome into an organization with special ceremonies
inducted the pitcher into the Baseball Hall of Fame
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Recent Examples of induct
Goldberg was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2018.
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Jeremy Hanna, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 June 2025
He was inducted into the Mizzou Hall of Fame in 2011.
—Sofia Schwarzwalder, Kansas City Star, 18 June 2025
She was inducted into the Long Distance Running Hall of Fame in 1999.
—Jimmy Golen, Chicago Tribune, 17 June 2025
She and Moore are also set to be inducted into the Naismith Hall of Fame later this year.
—Emily Adams, Hartford Courant, 15 June 2025
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Jeremy Hanna, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 June 2025
He was inducted into the Mizzou Hall of Fame in 2011.
—Sofia Schwarzwalder, Kansas City Star, 18 June 2025
She was inducted into the Long Distance Running Hall of Fame in 1999.
—Jimmy Golen, Chicago Tribune, 17 June 2025
She and Moore are also set to be inducted into the Naismith Hall of Fame later this year.
—Emily Adams, Hartford Courant, 15 June 2025
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Showing its spring 2026 collection at Pitti Uomo as this season’s guest of honor of the menswear trade fair, the brand inaugurates the roving presentation schedule announced earlier this year.—
Martino Carrera,
Footwear News,
17 June 2025
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Sontag inaugurated an ad-feminam tradition that has continued ever since, and every Arbus show needs, somehow, to clear the air.—
Max Norman,
New Yorker,
13 June 2025
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Oceanside’s neighbor Carlsbad and other coastal communities initially opposed the proposal to install any kind of sand retention structures on the beach.—
Phil Diehl,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 June 2025
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Also, install and update strong antivirus software.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
16 June 2025
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“Induct.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/induct. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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