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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In theory, this transition inaugurates a chapter of enfranchisement, but in the next scene the Senegalese businessmen are in suits, and the white men return with briefcases full of money as bribes.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
IndieWire,
19 Aug. 2025
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Saturn retrograde in Pisces initiates a minor frustrations within this lunation.—
Lisa Stardust,
Refinery29,
20 Oct. 2025
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Wells Fargo initiates Exxon Mobil at overweight Wells sees several positive catalysts for the country’s largest fossil fuel company.—
Michael Bloom,
CNBC,
17 Oct. 2025
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If a Gulf state’s security partner installs its military personnel in that state, then a large-scale attack on that Gulf state will almost certainly lead to significant casualties among the security partner’s ranks, inevitably dragging it into the conflict.—
Omar Al-Ubaydli,
semafor.com,
8 Oct. 2025
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These links may lead to phishing sites designed to steal your credentials or malware that installs silently on your device.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
23 Sep. 2025
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“Instates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/instates. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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