inaugurate
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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
“I have faith that very soon all this region is going to be pacified and brotherhood and concord will return,” he said during a recent visit to La Concordia to inaugurate a new bridge.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 22, 2024
The country had hoped to officially inaugurate the city on the 79th anniversary of its declaration of independence in 1945 after centuries of Dutch rule and then Japanese occupation during World War Two.
From BBC • Aug. 17, 2024
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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