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He did so in his first season to help inaugurate a new festival he called “America and the Americans.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 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 Vatican News website said he would first visit the capital Madrid, and then travel to Barcelona, where he will inaugurate the newest and tallest tower of the Sagrada Familia Basilica.

From Barron's ● Feb. 25, 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

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

From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2026

Some of AI’s top names, including OpenAI’s Chief Executive Sam Altman and Anthropic’s Dario Amodei, are expected to be present in India’s capital when Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates the summit on Thursday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 16, 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 line now appearing on the programs at Fields's Theater, "Mr. Hackett, Sole Lessee and Manager," practically inaugurates in New York the policy that has so long been current in London—that of actor-managership.

From The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 5 July 1906 by Various

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

Trump was 70 when he was first inaugurated in 2017, and 78 when he took office for a second time last year.

From BBC ● May 30, 2026

Trump also holds the record for the third oldest president to be inaugurated, from when he began his first term at the age of 70.

From Barron's ● May 26, 2026

Besides, the car fire had inaugurated one of the most important discussions of both their lives, a talk that went on for hours, interspersed between ferocious Quake II battles on their linked computers.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz

Transport Minister Matteo Salvini is inaugurating infrastructure every week.

From Barron's ● Feb. 3, 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

Airlines began trans-Atlantic jet passenger service in 1958, significantly cutting travel time and inaugurating a period of exponential growth in travel to Europe.

From New York Times ● Nov. 18, 2024

During his visit, Widodo is inaugurating several construction projects in Nusantara, including a water reservoir.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 5, 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