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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

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Monday afternoon inaugurate the five-day AI Impact Summit, which aims to declare a "shared roadmap for global AI governance and collaboration".

From Barron's ● Feb. 16, 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

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

From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2026

“Americans in Paris” inaugurates the university’s relocated and renamed art space; it has moved from Washington Square, where it was known as the Grey Art Gallery, several blocks east, to Cooper Square.

From New York Times ● Apr. 25, 2024

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

The Lake Superior and Mississippi Railway—one hundred and fifty-four miles in length—above referred to, inaugurates a new era in the agricultural interests of the State, and opens an entirely new line of travel.

From Minnesota; Its Character and Climate Likewise Sketches of Other Resorts Favorable to Invalids; Together With Copious Notes on Health; Also Hints to Tourists and Emigrants. by Ledyard Bill

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

Cuban music lovers inaugurated a Beatles film festival, with fans in Italy, Russia and Greece finding their own ways for commemorating The Beatles’ special place in their lives.

From Salon ● Jun. 4, 2026

The new premises, in the centre of the capital Nuuk, had been inaugurated a little earlier in the presence of the US ambassador to Denmark, Kenneth Howery.

From Barron's ● May 22, 2026

Eddie Robinson was born in Athens, Georgia, on the same day that Franklin Delano Roosevelt was first inaugurated.

From "145th Street: Short Stories" by Walter Dean Myers

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

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

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

So at their suggestion, we are inaugurating the Manifest Herald’s Remember When contest.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool