installments

variants also instalments
plural of installment
as in inaugurations
the process or an instance of being formally placed in an office or organization attended the installment of the new university president

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Recent Examples of installments Ice cream flavors are being offered in tribute to past installments of the series. Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 9 July 2026 All previous installments of AHS are streaming on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+. Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 9 July 2026 Your experiences and words of wisdom will be shared in installments of the newsletter. Danielle Douglas-Gabriel, Washington Post, 8 July 2026 Customers who used installments to pay for their purchases returned those items 18% less often than customers who paid in full upfront. Nandan Sheth, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026 Unlike the first two installments, Silo season 3 features a split-timeline narrative that introduces a host of new characters and delves into the mystery of the silo's origins. Katie Mannion, PEOPLE, 3 July 2026 Bonuses will be paid to all Unknown Worlds staffers instead of only those who were there when Krafton acquired the studio in 2021, and they’ll be paid out in three yearly installments, according to Bloomberg. Jay Peters, The Verge, 1 July 2026 After all, the franchise has grossed more than $3 billion in worldwide box-office revenue, and its third and fourth installments each made more than $1 billion globally. Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2026 The lawsuit, filed in Hennepin County District Court, followed a 2022 investigation by ProPublica and the Sahan Journal that found a rising market in Minnesota for contract-for-deed home sales, in which homebuyers pay the sellers directly in installments. Andy Mannix, ProPublica, 23 June 2026
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Noun
  • National Guard units from other states are frequently sent to Washington for major events such as presidential inaugurations.
    ABC News, ABC News, 2 July 2026
  • The main festivities have been deemed a National Special Security Event, a designation used for massive events like Super Bowls and presidential inaugurations.
    Maria Sullivan, CBS News, 30 June 2026
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  • Van Dijk and her fellow travelers even brought their own swag to give out and said inaugurals feel like a bonding experience for everyone on the flight.
    Zach Wichter, USA Today, 10 May 2026
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  • Fifty marching bands from across the country were scheduled to perform, as well as historic and cultural showcases, military installations and 19 different floats.
    Kaitlyn McCormick, USA Today, 3 July 2026
  • The target demographics include artificial intelligence data centers, maritime propulsion systems, military defense installations, and heavy industrial facilities.
    Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 3 July 2026
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  • The bill restricts adversarial foreign nations from maintaining significant investments in agricultural land and property near military bases, among other provisions.
    Max Grinstein, The Washington Examiner, 3 July 2026
  • Our investments in basic research and universities made this country the preeminent scientific and economic power in the world.
    Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 3 July 2026
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  • Cerebras Systems – The artificial intelligence chipmaker saw shares rocket 20% after a slate of bullish initiations from Wall Street firms.
    Sarah Min, CNBC, 8 June 2026
  • But some like the Kimbell’s have eyes and other piercings cut into them and used likely as part of initiations or the end of a ritual.
    James Russell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Nov. 2025

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“Installments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/installments. Accessed 10 Jul. 2026.

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