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 Due to the country’s history of chronic inflation, the majority of transactions are conducted through credit cards which offer payment in installments, which also supports consumer spending. — Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 10 Nov. 2026 Cerny also converted episodes of CBS’ The Twilight Zone into radio programing and wrote new installments for a podcast series. — Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 10 Nov. 2026 The distributor is mounting a single campaign for both installments, targeting not only arthouse moviegoers but also history buffs, schools, cultural institutions and younger audiences through social media. — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 9 Nov. 2026 Later installments expanded that freedom with larger environments, cinematic storytelling, social satire and detailed worlds. — Jonathan Landrum Jr, Chicago Tribune, 9 Nov. 2026 All of them feel alive, especially before some of them are broadened or demoted in later installments. — Jesse Hassenger, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Nov. 2026 Vasaria and TerrorBox will also collaborate on a vertical adaptation of Fate, a screenplay by Melton and Dunstan, who wrote four instalments of the Saw franchise (Saw IV, Saw V, Saw VI and Saw 3D). — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 6 Nov. 2026 Published over two years in 19 installments, The Pickwick Papers launched a craze for serialized fiction. — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 30 Oct. 2026 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
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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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  • The home renewal company provides replacement windows, siding, doors and roofing installations from roughly 14 showrooms and office locations dotted throughout the Midwest.
    — S. Sorrina Beecher, Chicago Tribune, 13 Nov. 2026
  • These could include an agreement between Russia and Ukraine—brokered and monitored by Washington and Beijing—to end attacks on energy installations and infrastructure, civilian targets, and commercial shipping.
    — Charles Kupchan, Foreign Affairs, 13 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • Fort Worth has proposed, and accepted, deals with tech infrastructure companies that have promised to create hundreds of these high-paying jobs (in addition to other promises for capital investments and buildouts) in exchange for tax incentives.
    — Emily Holshouser, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Nov. 2026
  • The big worry has been whether AI will produce enough profit to justify the costly investments and big stock values.
    — Damian J. Troise, Los Angeles Times, 13 Nov. 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 15 Nov. 2026.

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