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inaugurate

/in-aw-gyuh-reyt, -guh-/US // ɪnˈɔ gyəˌreɪt, -gə- //UK // (ɪnˈɔːɡjʊˌreɪt) //

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    in·au·gu·rat·ed, in·au·gu·rat·ing.

    • : to make a formal beginning of; initiate; commence; begin: The end of World War II inaugurated the era of nuclear power.
    • : to induct into office with formal ceremonies; install.
    • : to introduce into public use by some formal ceremony: Airmail service between Washington, D.C., and New York City was inaugurated in 1918.

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  • He had the map framed and brought into the West Wing shortly after he was inaugurated.

  • Even if you didn’t vote for the president being inaugurated, it can feel like you’re watching history being made as the new president is sworn in.

  • The first president inaugurated in Washington was Thomas Jefferson in 1801.

  • Until the 1930s, incoming presidents weren’t inaugurated until March 4 of the next year, so Washington had an even longer lame-duck period than presidents do now.

  • A new president will be inaugurated Wednesday in a city with areas under military lockdown.

  • The hiring seemed to inaugurate a détente between Rand Paul and Mitch McConnell.

  • Sweden was the first European country to inaugurate a dedicated LGBT retirement facility, which was opened in Stockholm in 2013.

  • Each time we gather to inaugurate a president, we bear witness to the enduring strength of our Constitution.

  • But the reality of the world is that the media rarely inaugurate such probes.

  • In line with this growth, the Peruvian author is the first Nobel laureate invited to inaugurate the fair.

  • Under such auspices dawned the year 1861, destined to inaugurate a new epoch in the life of Tchaikovsky.

  • Make the work efficient, though it be limited to a small number, rather than inaugurate a magnificent failure.

  • Anyway she knows that persecution will result, and she has persuaded Mrs. Endicott to inaugurate it.

  • I should have been glad to inaugurate in Boston, during the last six years, several important industrial movements.

  • The consequences of this blow were momentous; it may be said to inaugurate the ghetto period.