as in inaugurates
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 inducts
The Songwriters Hall of Fame inducts both non-performers and performers alike each year.
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Ilana Kaplan, PEOPLE, 21 Jan. 2026
The contract establishes minimum wage rates for daily and weekly work and inducts intimacy coordinators into the union health and pension plans.
—Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 19 Dec. 2025
Ilana Kaplan, PEOPLE, 21 Jan. 2026
The contract establishes minimum wage rates for daily and weekly work and inducts intimacy coordinators into the union health and pension plans.
—Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 19 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inducts
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates the India AI Impact Summit 2026 at Bharat Mandapam, in New Delhi, on Monday.—
Jared Perlo,
NBC news,
20 Feb. 2026
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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.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
IndieWire,
19 Aug. 2025
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More While China installs robots in factories at a much faster pace than the US, their bots haven’t yet gotten a significant foothold in the American manufacturing ecosystem.—
J.D. Capelouto,
semafor.com,
25 Feb. 2026
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Moravec's team installs alarms that specifically combat this tactic.—
Jeff Wagner,
CBS News,
24 Feb. 2026
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“Inducts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inducts. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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