initiations

plural of initiation
as in inaugurations
the process or an instance of being formally placed in an office or organization the initiation of the newest members of the local chamber of commerce

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Recent Examples of initiations This includes initiations of Nike , Cisco Systems , and Boeing, while exiting Coterra Energy altogether. Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2025
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  • That success has yielded the sale of more than 40 million albums, as well as inductions into the Country Music Hall of Fame, the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, the Musicians Hall of Fame, the Georgia Music Hall of Fame, and a star on the Music City Walk of Fame.
    Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Even after his reconciliation with WWE and multiple Hall of Fame inductions, Hart has remained one of the company's most outspoken critics.
    Andrew Ravens‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Aug. 2025
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  • There were no first communions or baptisms.
    Rachel Linden, PEOPLE, 4 Oct. 2025
  • In Ireland’s largest diocese of Dublin, nearly twice as many adults were baptized this Easter as a year earlier, many of them young adults who were new to the country, church leaders said, while London’s Archdiocese of Westminster had the largest number of adult baptisms this Easter since 2018.
    Joseph Ataman, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2025

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“Initiations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/initiations. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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