inducted

past tense of induct
as in inaugurated
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 inducted This comes after Arison was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as part of the 2025 class last year. Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 15 July 2026 Now that Gallagher, 59, and Collins, 75, stand to run into one another when they’re inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this fall, Collins is speaking out. Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 14 July 2026 To this day, despite having some of the finest careers in the game, none have ever been inducted into the Hall of Fame. Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 July 2026 Jenny was inducted the Hall by no less than our former NZ PM , JACINDA ARDERN . Leigh Blickley, Entertainment Weekly, 13 July 2026 In 2003, Malavalli was inducted into the Silicon Valley Engineering Hall of Fame. George Avalos, Mercury News, 13 July 2026 The outlet pointed out that on June 11 of this year, when she was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, Swift said in her speech. Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 13 July 2026 The Hollies were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in March 2010. Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 13 July 2026 Hazzard is the 10th member of the UCLA program to be inducted, alongside Wooden, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Bill Walton, Gail Goodrich, Sidney Wicks, Marques Johnson, Jamaal Wilkes, David Greenwood and Dave Meyers. Ethan Hanson, Daily News, 13 July 2026
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inaugurated
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  • The category was inaugurated in 2008 with Survivor host Probst taking the Emmy for the first four years.
    Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 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

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