inaugurate

Example Sentences

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In his first budget speech to lawmakers, newly inaugurated Gov. Josh Shapiro said Pennsylvania needs to “get in the game” and warned that it would take money.

From Seattle Times

In November, Italy and Venice’s top officials inaugurated glass barriers — which one called a “mini MOSE” — around St. Mark’s Basilica and its shimmering gold mosaics.

From New York Times

But, Lepore said, members of the House of Representatives have introduced resolutions calling for the impeachment of every president since Ronald Reagan was inaugurated in 1981.

From Washington Post

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

It inaugurated the largest church in the region, Our Lady of Arabia Cathedral, in 2021.

From BBC