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also instalments
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
Dontzig and Peterman wrote 25 episodes and were involved in producing 150 installments during the first six seasons of the Candice Bergen-starring Murphy Brown.
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Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 5 Mar. 2026
The agreement also reinstates a lateral recruitment bonus program offering up to $30,000 to officers hired from other agencies, paid out in three installments over two years.
—Walker Armstrong, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Mar. 2026
Released post-Columbine and heavily influenced by that tragedy, Scream 3 walks back from the gruesome violence and flashes of genuine nastiness that permeated the previous installments.
—Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Mar. 2026
Other projects that spawned multiple instalments include the aforementioned Culpables series on Prime Video, which is now also being remade in English, and the Through My Window trilogy, based on Ariana Godoy’s Wattpad novels for Netflix.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 3 Mar. 2026
The Medicare Prescription Payment Plan, which lets enrollees spread costs into monthly installments rather than paying in full at the pharmacy, now automatically renews for 2026 unless the enrollee opts out.
—Allison Palmer
march 3, Miami Herald, 3 Mar. 2026
The fifth and sixth installments are loosely connected to this seventh film by the presence of the unusually tenacious twins Chad and Mindy Meeks-Martin (Mason Gooding and Jasmin Savoy Brown), who are inexplicably interning for Sidney’s longtime frenemy, journalist Gale Weathers (Courteney Cox).
—Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 3 Mar. 2026
The $590 million loan is expected to be repaid in quarterly installments over the next 12 years.
—Grace Hase, Mercury News, 2 Mar. 2026
The next two installments, which will feature Fancy Hagood and Shakey Graves, are set to premiere on March 6.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 27 Feb. 2026
Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 5 Mar. 2026
The agreement also reinstates a lateral recruitment bonus program offering up to $30,000 to officers hired from other agencies, paid out in three installments over two years.
—Walker Armstrong, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Mar. 2026
Released post-Columbine and heavily influenced by that tragedy, Scream 3 walks back from the gruesome violence and flashes of genuine nastiness that permeated the previous installments.
—Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Mar. 2026
Other projects that spawned multiple instalments include the aforementioned Culpables series on Prime Video, which is now also being remade in English, and the Through My Window trilogy, based on Ariana Godoy’s Wattpad novels for Netflix.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 3 Mar. 2026
The Medicare Prescription Payment Plan, which lets enrollees spread costs into monthly installments rather than paying in full at the pharmacy, now automatically renews for 2026 unless the enrollee opts out.
—Allison Palmer
march 3, Miami Herald, 3 Mar. 2026
The fifth and sixth installments are loosely connected to this seventh film by the presence of the unusually tenacious twins Chad and Mindy Meeks-Martin (Mason Gooding and Jasmin Savoy Brown), who are inexplicably interning for Sidney’s longtime frenemy, journalist Gale Weathers (Courteney Cox).
—Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 3 Mar. 2026
The $590 million loan is expected to be repaid in quarterly installments over the next 12 years.
—Grace Hase, Mercury News, 2 Mar. 2026
The next two installments, which will feature Fancy Hagood and Shakey Graves, are set to premiere on March 6.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 27 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for installments
Noun
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Two charities set up to pay for Newsom’s inaugurations in 2019 and 2023 moved more than $5 million to the protocol foundation since 2019.—
Melody Gutierrez,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Feb. 2026
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The swearing-in ceremony, expected to draw more than 1,000 people, will be held at the Milander Center, a venue not typically used for mayoral inaugurations.—
Verónica Egui Brito,
Miami Herald,
12 Jan. 2026
Noun
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This phase would most likely have included the use of cruise missiles, stealth bombers, and drones to hit air defense installations and command centers.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Mar. 2026
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Iran’s arsenal of ballistic missiles was seriously depleted and its strategic installations left in rubble.—
Robin Wright,
New Yorker,
8 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Intentional investments in economic development downtown can create very large yields for the entire city overall.—
Devan Patel,
Mercury News,
6 Mar. 2026
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On the business end, unless there’s sustained higher oil prices projected years into the future, companies would be reluctant to sink big investments into offshore development, even if more leases became available, according to Rob Nikolewski of The San Diego Union-Tribune.—
Michael Smolens,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Mar. 2026
Noun
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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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The online ticket platform advanced about 5% after bullish initiations of research coverage at several Wall Street following its September 17 initial public offering.—
Yun Li,
CNBC,
13 Oct. 2025
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“Installments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/installments. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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