1
as in to inaugurate
to put into an office or welcome into an organization with special ceremonies
installed her as the new principal of the high school
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as in to lodge
to establish or place comfortably or snugly
installed herself in an easy chair by the fireplace and remained there for the rest of the afternoon
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Recent Examples of install
At Portage’s wastewater treatment plant, Kreps is helping install new equipment.
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Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 19 July 2025
Yet Donald Trump and his attorney general, Pam Bondi, are bypassing both methods to install and keep a clearly unfit character as the U.S. attorney for the upstate Northern District of New York.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 18 July 2025
San Diego’s Metropolitan Transit System, or MTS, has a contract with Clear Channel to handle getting the contracts and putting on the wraps, which take about a day to install.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 July 2025
The closures are needed for crews to install a traffic signal, the release states.
—arkansasonline.com, 9 July 2025
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Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 19 July 2025
Yet Donald Trump and his attorney general, Pam Bondi, are bypassing both methods to install and keep a clearly unfit character as the U.S. attorney for the upstate Northern District of New York.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 18 July 2025
San Diego’s Metropolitan Transit System, or MTS, has a contract with Clear Channel to handle getting the contracts and putting on the wraps, which take about a day to install.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 July 2025
The closures are needed for crews to install a traffic signal, the release states.
—arkansasonline.com, 9 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for install
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Colton was among the roughly 1,500 people convicted in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol and pardoned by Trump on the same day he was inaugurated for his second term in office.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
17 July 2025
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Conversely, under Trump, the average weekly paycheck buys 1% more today than when he was inaugurated in January.—
E.J. Antoni,
Boston Herald,
13 July 2025
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The club have lodged their appeal against UEFA, Lyon and Nottingham Forest.—
Robert Olsen,
Forbes.com,
24 July 2025
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The bullet pierced that victim’s left thigh, exiting then lodging in her right thigh.—
Rocco Parascandola,
New York Daily News,
22 July 2025
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As part of this year’s festivities, four players will also be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday, including Chargers legendary tight end Antonio Gates.—
Mark J. Burns,
Forbes.com,
28 July 2025
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Former Marlins manager Jim Leyland, who led the franchise to its first World Series title in 1997, was inducted into the Hall in 2024.—
Kaitlyn Pohly,
Miami Herald,
25 July 2025
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Netflix officially announced the start of the shoot in Italy on July 2, sharing a snap of Collins perched on a vespa.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
14 July 2025
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The lodge complex consisted of a main building and 114 standalone cabins perched at some 8,000 feet overlooking the canyon.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
14 July 2025
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Train managers to initiate—not just relay—purpose conversations.—
HEC Paris Insights,
Forbes.com,
22 July 2025
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Some of those people, joined by younger tribal members, later initiated the long process of restoring their lifeblood, the Klamath River and its watershed.—
Debra Utacia Krol,
AZCentral.com,
21 July 2025
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Taps played as rain began to fall and the processional paused in front of the digital billboard on the side of a truck parked on the street, flashing images of Officer Islam, both in uniform and at home, smiling with his children in tow.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
1 Aug. 2025
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Tesla vehicles are parked outside of a dealership on July 24, 2025 in Austin, Texas.—
Lora Kolodny,
CNBC,
1 Aug. 2025
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Camp Mystic, a girls' summer camp nestled in the Hill Country, lost dozens of its campers in the surge, along with staff members who died trying to save the girls entrusted to their care.—
Theresa Payton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 July 2025
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The Charles Hotel is a contemporary art deco masterpiece situated in Munich’s Maxvorstadt district, nestled next to the Old Botanical Garden.—
Lea Dlugosch,
Travel + Leisure,
22 July 2025
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The software is broken, those buttons are a concern, and for a bike positioned as being tech-forward and streetable, the lack of even a token traction control system or ABS is unfortunate.—
Tim Stevens,
ArsTechnica,
25 July 2025
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Now, two weeks later, comes Marvel’s The Fantastic Four: First Steps—which, coincidentally or not, seems similarly positioned as an injection of Technicolor fizz into a progressively more leaden franchise.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
25 July 2025
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“Install.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/install. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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