inaugurate

With dozens of performances spread throughout every City Council district, organizers hoped the shows would draw 250,000 attendees and inaugurate the city as a home for jazz events on par with New Orleans and Montreal.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026

Finally, from 5,000 years ago, the Corded Ware people expanded out of the Russian steppe to inaugurate the European bronze age.

From Science Daily ● May 30, 2026

To inaugurate his new enterprise, Woods commissioned a portrait.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 18, 2026

US President Donald Trump on Thursday gathers allies to inaugurate the "Board of Peace," his new institution focused on progress on Gaza but whose ambitions reach much further.

From Barron's ● Feb. 19, 2026

The nation’s capital city was getting ready to inaugurate a new president the following month.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

With “Costume Art,” the exhibition that inaugurates a sweeping first-floor two-gallery space created for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute, the museum has made a milestone statement.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 9, 2026

The show inaugurates the new 12,000-square-foot Condé M. Nast Galleries.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2026

Last week, Francis coughed repeatedly as he presided over Ash Wednesday services at a Roman church, and opted not to participate in the traditional procession that inaugurates the church’s Lenten season.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 1, 2024

Titled “Artland: An Installation by Do Ho Suh and Children,” the show inaugurates the Norman M. Feinberg Gallery, just inside the entrance of the redesigned education center.

From New York Times ● Jan. 25, 2024

It is only spiritual power that inaugurates order—the Eternal Beauty may be inaugurated in childhood and among childish toys.

From Education in The Home, The Kindergarten, and The Primary School by Elizabeth P. (Palmer) Peabody

Bank Melli began operating in the U.A.E. in 1969, before statehood, and has two branches in Dubai, whose ruler inaugurated its first branch.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

Thursday's verdict concludes a four-year trial largely focused on maintenance of the bridge, which was inaugurated in 1967.

From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026

In January, Mamdani was inaugurated as one of New York City’s youngest-ever mayors and its first Muslim to hold the office.

From Salon ● Jun. 17, 2026

Trump was 70 when he was first inaugurated in 2017, and 78 when he took office for a second time last year.

From BBC ● May 30, 2026

Thupa Inka inaugurated the Inka custom of marrying his sister.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

At the ceremony inaugurating the museum, Kim, who was accompanied by Russian officials, praised his troops’ “noble sacrifices and heroic military feats.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026

Transport Minister Matteo Salvini is inaugurating infrastructure every week.

From Barron's ● Feb. 3, 2026

During his visit, Widodo is inaugurating several construction projects in Nusantara, including a water reservoir.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 5, 2024

The men had been returning from Iran’s border with Azerbaijan after inaugurating a joint dam project.

From New York Times ● May 20, 2024

This time I’m inaugurating my patent leather shoes and a baby blue poplin dress with a little jacket to match.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez