- past tense form of inaugurate.
- past participle of inaugurate.
inaugurated
Example Sentences
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In 1964, Paul VI inaugurated the traveling papacy when he became the first pontiff to leave Italy since Pius VII was carted off to France at gunpoint by Napoleon Bonaparte’s soldiers in 1809.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
Donald Trump was a director at the company SLC Turnberry Ltd until he resigned the position in January 2017 - a day before he was inaugurated as US president.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Trump then inaugurated another golf course bearing his name in the town of Balmedie, near Aberdeen on the northeast Scottish coast.
From Barron's ● Sep. 12, 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
All this is not to deny that Watt, Edison, the Wright brothers, Morse, and Whitney made big improvements and thereby increased or inaugurated commercial success.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
