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 Larson bought her cabin for $120,000, paid in installments, in addition to monthly maintenance fees, under a plan that had promised the possibility of living aboard for up to 15 years. — Sopheng Cheang, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026 Snoop Dogg‘s Doggyland is expanding its children’s book offerings over the next few months, and The Hollywood Reporter has an exclusive first look at the new installments. — Kimberly Nordyke, HollywoodReporter, 28 Oct. 2026 Bellisario, who has been with Lionsgate since 2014, has managed casting for series including The Hunting Wives, The Studio, Ghosts, Acapulco and Love and Death, as well as multiple installments of the Power Universe. — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2026 The RSUs start paying out once Anthropic goes public in quarterly installments over the next several years, as long as the Amodeis are still at the company. — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2026 Sy, who served as artistic producer on previous installments, makes his debut as co-showrunner alongside Louis Leterrier for the show’s fourth part, on top of co-producing it through their joint banner Carrousel Studios. — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026 This would mark the first time that songs from two separate installments of a film franchise have won. — Paul Grein, Billboard, 15 Oct. 2026 Seniors can also use the Medicare Prescription Payment Plan, a voluntary program launched by CMS that allows Part D enrollees to spread out-of-pocket pharmacy costs into manageable monthly installments throughout the year. — Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 14 Oct. 2026 The settlement would be paid in two installments in 2027 and 2028. — Todd Feurer, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026
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Noun
  • Roosevelt took his first oath of office on March 4, 1933, but his subsequent inaugurations took place on January 20.
    — Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Fireworks herald the World Cup, the Olympics, inaugurations, weddings, railroad openings, royal matrimony, saints, the Saints, the spring equinox, eclipses, the New Year, the Day of the Dead, the beginning of summer, the end of it.
    — Paige Williams, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 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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  • Toward commercial deployment Kaleidos is a transportable nuclear microreactor designed to provide electricity for military installations, industrial facilities, and locations requiring reliable power.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2026
  • TeamLab is a popular immersive art collective whose international destinations invite guests to interact with the installations.
    — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • In the 2025 draft report obtained by the Herald, FDOT argued that the state’s EV charging network was flourishing, thanks to private market investments, and didn’t need additional government subsidies.
    — Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Friday marks the final trading day of a bruising month for AI stocks as investors continue to scrutinize the enormous cost of the AI boom and demand evidence that those investments will eventually translate into profit.
    — Lucy Bayly, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2026
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  • Plus, quiet periods are ending for banks that worked on last month’s blockbuster IPO, so we’re met with a flood of analyst initiations.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 7 July 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 1 Nov. 2026.

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