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as in inauguration
the process or an instance of being formally placed in an office or organization the installation of a new president takes place once every four years

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as in facility
a structure that is designed and built for a particular purpose a massive installation that supplies the electrical power needs for the entire state

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Recent Examples of installation The city has agreed to pay for the cost of the site where it will be built, and its installation is estimated between $10,000 and $15,000. Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 12 Sep. 2025 The next installation will also include special Halloween and Christmas episodes. Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 12 Sep. 2025 Thursday practices ramp up in both speed and in frequency of callbacks of previous information while adding still more adjustments, plus the installation of later downs. Jourdan Rodrigue, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025 According to Evers' order, the American flag and the Wisconsin state flag will fly at half-staff at all buildings, grounds and military installations belonging to the state of Wisconsin. Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 11 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for installation
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Noun
  • For Driscoll, hints of trouble began even before the inauguration, the lawsuit alleges.
    Carrie Johnson, NPR, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Perhaps to make amends, Varadarajan said, Modi sent his foreign minister to Washington in January to angle for an invitation to the inauguration.
    Vaibhav Vats, The Atlantic, 10 Sep. 2025
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  • Of the three facilities her friend recommended, The Menninger Clinic in Houston was the only one that returned her call.
    Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Sacred Heart Schools announced a sweeping expansion to the Sacred Heart Academy campus focused on improving student facilities, expanding endowments to support scholarships and strengthening the school's annual fund.
    Ray Padilla, The Courier-Journal, 10 Sep. 2025
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  • From Clinton’s tenure as first lady of the state of Arkansas through her White House years, Kamran periodically dressed her for key events, including for Bill Clinton’s second gubernatorial inaugural.
    Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 25 July 2025
  • If fundraising is Global’s plan with its pair of inaugurals, leaving its A380 parked at JFK for four days between flights is an odd choice.
    Edward Russell, CNN Money, 9 May 2025
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  • The cap was knocked out within months of the trade initiation.
    Vineer Bhansali, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Morgan Stanley initiates Miami International as overweight Morgan Stanley said in its initiation of the financial exchange company that Miami International is firing on all cylinders.
    Michael Bloom, CNBC, 8 Sep. 2025

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“Installation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/installation. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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