ordinations

Definition of ordinationsnext
plural of ordination

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Noun
  • The firms are vying not just for investors and funds, but for the best private market athletes to manage and oversee investments.
    Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Most investors in African startups focus on making equity investments, banking on a model that demands years-long patience with expectations for multifold returns should their portfolio companies become successful.
    Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • At the opening reception for the exhibition last Tuesday, San Jose Director of Cultural Affairs Kerry Adams Hapner also provided a rundown of the upcoming art installations and activations coming this winter and spring.
    Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2026
  • American radar installations and military assets there are essential for early warning against Russian and Chinese missile threats.
    Paul McCarthy, Boston Herald, 23 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The Princess Royal has reportedly been critical of William in the past for not hosting more investitures.
    Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Royal honors are a longstanding tradition in the United Kingdom, with approximately 30 investitures held each year to celebrate recipients from the King’s biannual honors lists.
    Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 4 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Voters in primary elections may nominate extremists to run in the general election, leaving independents no choice but to vote for the lesser of two evils or to abstain from voting for either.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Fatemeh Sepehri, a political prisoner from Mashhad, has openly advocated for removing the supreme leader and holding free elections to draft a new constitution.
    Davood Moradian, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Hynde and Pretenders guitarist James Walbourne circulated Standing in the Doorway as nine revelatory installments of a Dylan Lockdown Series, and for her, too, the adventure originated in Rough and Rowdy Ways.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Episode 8 of the latest Disney+ MCU series felt a lot more like a traditional comic book show than the previous seven installments after Simon lost control of his powers and destroyed the set of the fake Wonder Man movie-within-the-show.
    Sydney Bucksbaum, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The celebration will feature the parade of delegations, the lighting of the Olympic cauldron, a performance by Mariah Carey and an act by Italian actor Pierfrancesco Favino.
    Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 1 Jan. 2026
  • The two volunteered at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in South Korea, at a time when both Koreas were actively interacting politically and culturally, with Pyongyang sending athletes and diplomatic delegations to South Korea – a warming of ties which has since gone into reverse.
    Gawon Bae, CNN Money, 25 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' six-year pilot is using private companies with AI tools to process prior authorizations for and reduce spending on over a dozen treatments under traditional Medicare.
    Jillian Taylor, StateImpact, 16 Jan. 2026
  • Spanberger also wants to limit health insurers’ ability to require prior authorizations for medicines or treatments for people with long-term conditions.
    Judge Glock, Washington Post, 9 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Stanley and Simmons’ inductions continue a banner year for two of the founding members of KISS.
    Cathy Applefeld Olson, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
  • That success has yielded the sale of more than 40 million albums, as well as inductions into the Country Music Hall of Fame, the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, the Musicians Hall of Fame, the Georgia Music Hall of Fame, and a star on the Music City Walk of Fame.
    Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
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“Ordinations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ordinations. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.

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