as in inducting
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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Verb
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Mayor Josh Huddlestun administered the oath of office, officially inducting the recruits into the department.—
Post-Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Aug. 2025
Noun
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This year alone, he’s been honored with The Mark Twain Prize for American Humor and seen his induction into the Television Academy Hall of Fame.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
14 Oct. 2025
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Founding flutist Ray Thomas died in January 2018, just months before the Hall of Fame induction.—
Daniel Kreps,
Rolling Stone,
10 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Japan and the world commemorated the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, inaugurating a new era of human history.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
7 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Before her ordination, Mullally worked as a nurse at hospitals in London, going on to serve as Chief Nursing Officer for England.—
Christopher Lamb,
CNN Money,
3 Oct. 2025
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Prime Video product execs, in co-ordination with the production team, therefore sought to strike a balance between injecting some new, actionable information and creating clutter.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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But, even if the tech works, legal authority lags as only certain installations can lawfully take down drones.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Oct. 2025
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The launch of Quantum System Two follows the deployment last year of our first European quantum data center with multiple installations of our best quantum computers in Germany.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
12 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Searching for locations, initiating navigation, and following turn-by-turn instructions is straightforward.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
13 Oct. 2025
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The demonstrators wound up initiating a weeklong occupation of a Bureau of Indian Affairs building, with some violent episodes.—
Kurt Snibbe,
Oc Register,
13 Oct. 2025
Noun
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As part of Google's $4 billion investment in a data center in West Memphis, the tech giant announced that the University of Arkansas and Arkansas State University system will participate in its first cohort of the Google AI for Education Accelerator program.—
Sydney Sasser,
Arkansas Online,
11 Oct. 2025
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There had been talk for some time that investment was coming.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Stripping all the fat and gimmicks from recent entries like Battlefield 2024 (2021) and Battlefield 1 (2016), the gameplay style has gone back to emulate the design of the series’ best installments like Battlefield 3 and 4 (2011 and 2013).—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
9 Oct. 2025
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Steber also noted that taxpayers who are on any kind of installment agreement or payment plans need to meet their deadlines, too.—
Susan Tompor,
Freep.com,
9 Oct. 2025
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“Instating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/instating. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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