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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. 18, 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

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 truth is that the stock-market crash did not inaugurate the Great Depression, nor did people at the time believe that it did.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025

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

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

Running through April 2027, “The First Salute” is part of Philadelphia’s semiquincentennial celebration and inaugurates the first phase of the Weitzman’s reinvention.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 2026

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

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 28, 2024

He won’t be back until October, when he inaugurates the orchestra’s fall season with a celebration of Frank Gehry and the 20th anniversary of Walt Disney Concert Hall.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2023

So I was excited to climb to this fourth-floor gallery in TriBeCa, up past the well-known David Zwirner and James Cohan spaces, and discover the inspiring group show that inaugurates Jacqueline Sullivan’s new gallery.

From New York Times ● Jan. 4, 2023

But he inaugurates the pleiad of amateur, curious, and commercial travellers.

From Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part I. The Exploration of the World by Dora Leigh

In January, Zohran Mamdani was inaugurated as the first Muslim mayor of the very city that was ground zero for al-Qaida’s attacks.

From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026

In June, the agency said that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visited a "newly inaugurated nuclear materials production factory" on 3 June, which it identified as the Yongbyon enrichment facility.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

British architect Edwin Lutyens was credited with blending European styles and Indian architectural motifs in the new imperial capital, which was inaugurated in 1931.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

But creating a new award altogether is more of a rarity — the last time the academy did it was 2007, when it inaugurated the Honors Award to recognize programming that drives positive social change.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026

Washington had been threatening to retire even before he was inaugurated as president in 1789, and he had repeated the threat in 1792 prior to his reelection.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

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