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as in inducting
to put into an office or welcome into an organization with special ceremonies
one of the first appointments that he made after being seated as president of the state senate
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Recent Examples of seating
At 5,300 square feet, the spacious restaurant has seating for 160.
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Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 30 Jan. 2026
As the world’s third-largest aircraft manufacturer, Embraer specializes in regional jets seating 70 to 140 passengers.
—Sasirekha Subramanian, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
Other airline employees greeted the last open-seating passengers with applause though, serving them coffee and handing out commemorative bag tags and other souvenirs.
—Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 28 Jan. 2026
After nearly 60 years of its unique and popular open-seating policy, Southwest Airlines flew its last flight with unassigned seats Monday night.
—Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2026
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Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 30 Jan. 2026
As the world’s third-largest aircraft manufacturer, Embraer specializes in regional jets seating 70 to 140 passengers.
—Sasirekha Subramanian, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
Other airline employees greeted the last open-seating passengers with applause though, serving them coffee and handing out commemorative bag tags and other souvenirs.
—Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 28 Jan. 2026
After nearly 60 years of its unique and popular open-seating policy, Southwest Airlines flew its last flight with unassigned seats Monday night.
—Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2026
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When exploring the city on your own, the staff provides dog walking and pet-sitting services.—
Jessica Chapel,
Condé Nast Traveler,
6 Feb. 2026
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At the time Alekseyev, was filmed sitting with Prigozhin in a Russian military compound taken over by Wagner, trying to persuade the mercenary chief to call off his troops.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
6 Feb. 2026
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Prince did the honors of inducting them.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 Feb. 2026
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San Jose celebrated another set of sports heroes Thursday night at SAP Center, inducting the 30th class into the San Jose Sports Hall of Fame.—
Sal Pizarro,
Mercury News,
8 Nov. 2025
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This program collects two mid-length documentaries by Raymond Depardon from the mid-1970s, inaugurating a career-spanning interest in former French colonial Africa.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
20 Jan. 2026
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ChatGPT passed that benchmark earlier this year, inaugurating a new technological era, though not necessarily one of superhuman intelligence.—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
17 Dec. 2025
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“Seating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seating. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.
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