as in inaugurates
to put into an office or welcome into an organization with special ceremonies
the new secretary of the treasury was instated on Monday
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Welcome to the wild world of casting non-professional actors, a practice that is in the spotlight this year as the Academy inaugurates the casting Oscar.—
Katie Kilkenny,
HollywoodReporter,
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates the India AI Impact Summit 2026 at Bharat Mandapam, in New Delhi, on Monday.—
Jared Perlo,
NBC news,
20 Feb. 2026
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The Songwriters Hall of Fame inducts both non-performers and performers alike each year.—
Ilana Kaplan,
PEOPLE,
21 Jan. 2026
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The contract establishes minimum wage rates for daily and weekly work and inducts intimacy coordinators into the union health and pension plans.—
Katie Kilkenny,
HollywoodReporter,
19 Dec. 2025
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Guggenheim initiates Opus Genetics as buy Guggenheim said the stock has plenty of upside.—
Michael Bloom,
CNBC,
4 June 2026
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Josh Hart crashes the glass and initiates inside action far beyond his 6-foot-5 frame.—
Esfandiar Baraheni,
New York Times,
3 June 2026
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To help conserve power, Polydrops installs a downsized 10,000-BTU air conditioning/heatpump unit.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
5 June 2026
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The flow and strategy of the attack When a user installs the Dashlane app on a new device and attempts to enroll it in their existing account, Dashlane first verifies the account holder’s identity.—
Ashley Belanger,
ArsTechnica,
4 June 2026
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“Instates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/instates. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.
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