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[ih-nish-uhl] / ɪˈnɪʃ əl /


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And those defections came after an initial wave of golfers that included Brooks Koepka and Patrick Reed left LIV.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026

Wegovy pill sales of 5.4 billion Danish kroner came in 17% above expectations, driven by the U.S. and a “very encouraging” initial launch outside the U.S., according to the analyst.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

The charges all related to women who had come forward since the initial Channel 4 documentary.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

The researchers have already begun working toward commercialization through their company, Mintech-Bio, with the goal of introducing an initial product as early as the year following the announcement.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2026

After a few initial sessions, Isaac, Amy, their living children, and a servant, “our little Dutch girl,” were regular attendees.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

The room still features a personalized touch: an island bearing Foreman’s initials, “G.F.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026

The affidavit identifies the woman with the initials “JK” and alleges the dispute broke out on the morning of Aug. 28 after Ross confronted the woman about being tagged in an Instagram photo.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Some pointed to reports that the driver of the BMW had the initials NSC and was born in 1961, leading to speculation that he was a former member of parliament.

From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026

The United Arab Emirates reported there was no local transmission when the patient, known by his initials M.S., was there.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

“Looks like he took his real initials and then spelled Porter backward without the P. Genius. I can’t believe you’re friends with him, and he’s my godfather, and you’re in the books!”

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas

One of the invoices is initialed “SW” with “OK to pay” written by it.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 12, 2022

He testified to purchasing a car for $3,500 and initialed a blank sales agreement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2022

The poems — some long, some short, sometimes with crossed-out words and corrections — were each dated and signed or initialed “C.B.”

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 30, 2022

At the very top, there are two giant joists initialed by workers from 1864.

From New York Times ● May 31, 2020

The next day, in Paris, Kissinger and Le Duc Tho initialed the deal to end the Vietnam War.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin

He reminded the jury of that evidence, including a memo the former president initialled authorising a pay cut for another executive for the exact amount of his perk, rent paid by the company.

From BBC ● Dec. 7, 2022

Medinsky said Russia had made a second major de-escalatory step by agreeing to a possible meeting of the two countries’ presidents at the same moment that a peace agreement was initialled.

From Reuters ● Mar. 29, 2022

Agreements would also be initialled with Georgia and Moldova.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2013

President Mohamed Mursi's government initialled an IMF deal in November but postponed ratification in December due to unrest ignited by a political row over the extent of Mursi's powers.

From Reuters ● Apr. 3, 2013

“That is correct, Monsieur. My handkerchiefs are always initialled in the Russian characters. H is N in Russian.”

From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie

Sometimes, I think back to initialing the bark, or nailing a plank of wood into the trunk, or breaking a branch by accident.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 19, 2023

He was initialing ballots to be handed out to voters, a standard procedure mandated by state law, according to the county clerk.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 11, 2022

Scott McDonell, the Dane County clerk, said the man is a poll worker, and the video shows him initialing ballots before they were handed out to voters.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 11, 2022

But he turned out to be a poll worker in Wisconsin conducting the standard procedure of initialing ballots for voters.

From New York Times ● Nov. 9, 2022

Each man had a sole-leather trunk on his shoulder, a trunk so new that the initialing "G. V. S." was still wet.

From The Messenger by Elizabeth Robins

He was very preoccupied, pinning up cheques and initialling some important customer's paying-in book.

From Somehow Good by William Frend De Morgan

This is the Epeira's trade-mark, the flourish of an artist initialling his creation.

From The Wonders of Instinct Chapters in the Psychology of Insects by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos

Lawless had acted on an impulse in initialling her programme as he had done—a recurrence, even though slight, of the old midsummer madness.

From Grit Lawless by F.E. Mills Young

Miss Belmont stooped at the table, and when Mr. Berry entered he found her initialling the pay-sheet.

From Despair's Last Journey by David Christie Murray

While Mollie and Grace closed their eyes, Betty dug idly in the sand, and Amy produced a handkerchief and a tiny embroidery frame and began initialling a corner.

From The Outdoor Girls at Ocean View Or, The Box That Was Found in the Sand by Laura Lee Hope


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