inaugurate
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At an event, the company plans to inaugurate the Sparks, Nev., factory dedicated to making its Semi truck.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
No. The Catholic priest who conducted our marriage preparation mentioned that the purpose of the wedding-cake cutting was to inaugurate the domestic life of the new couple.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
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
The nation’s capital city was getting ready to inaugurate a new president the following month.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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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
The show inaugurates the new 12,000-square-foot Condé M. Nast Galleries.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2026
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
Thursday, UC San Diego formally inaugurates the Human Milk Institute, the first academic institution in the U.S. devoted to a crucial element of human nutrition that science is, in many ways, only beginning to understand.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 30, 2023
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
Jensen Huang met with Trump shortly after he was inaugurated, discussing AI policy with Elon Musk.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 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
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
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
Freshly inaugurated to an office he never ran for—well, what would you be thinking?
From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman
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French President Emmanuel Macron begins Wednesday a two-day visit to Britain, inaugurating a landmark exhibition of the Bayeux Tapestry and becoming the first EU leader to meet new Prime Minister Andy Burnham in Downing Street.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
“Trump and Xi are inaugurating a new era in which technological prowess is at the core of the competition.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2025
During his visit, Widodo is inaugurating several construction projects in Nusantara, including a water reservoir.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 5, 2024
Over the past decade, he has been photographed inaugurating countless projects, meeting supporters, snorkelling, and even meditating in a cave after the 2019 election campaign.
From BBC ● May 16, 2024
On the riverfront the Renaissance Center was being built, inaugurating a renaissance that has never arrived.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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