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inauguration

[in-aw-gyuh-rey-shuhn, -guh-] / ɪnˌɔ gyəˈreɪ ʃən, -gə- /


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Trump congratulated González-Colón in a letter shared at her January 2025 inauguration saying, “I am so proud of your resounding victory.”

From Salon • May 6, 2026

The jury at the Biennale were due to announce a series of prizes at the inauguration on 9 May.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026

At the inauguration of a new phase of the Galkynysh plant in mid-April, Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov -- former president and now father of the nation -- hailed the country's important ties with Beijing.

From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026

But since 2019, the two nations have plunged into a diplomatic deep-freeze so profound that Madrid sent no official representative to the 2024 inauguration marking Sheinbaum’s ascension as Mexico’s first woman president.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026

Photographer William M. Smith was to take a historic photograph of the presidential inauguration in front of the recently completed Capitol dome.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson




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