inaugurated

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Chuck Sams, the last director of the National Park Service, stepped down the day Trump was inaugurated.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

One already upgraded runway, on Car Nicobar island, was inaugurated in January by India's Chief of Defence Staff, Anil Chauhan.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

Instead, the former official said Downing Street had been "uninterested" in vetting, and there were time pressures to complete the process before Donald Trump was inaugurated as US president in January 2025.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

The newly inaugurated Lyndon Johnson had sky-high support after John F. Kennedy’s assassination, political cover that arguably helped Johnson muscle civil rights legislation through Congress and escalate the Vietnam War.

From Slate • Apr. 26, 2026

The board duly passed it on to Robert G. Sproul, who had been inaugurated as the university’s president only three months earlier.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik