initialize

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The pangrams from yesterday’s Spelling Bee were initialize and tantalize.

From New York Times • Sep. 30, 2022

Do not initialize your NAS, as this will erase your data.

From The Verge • Feb. 22, 2022

Researchers think they can sidestep that problem if they can initialize all the qubits in their computer in particular “magic states” that, more or less, do half the work of the problematic gates.

From Science Magazine • Jul. 9, 2020

The navigation system seemed to take forever to initialize when I started the vehicle.

From Forbes • Nov. 19, 2012

You can use the arrow keys to select the menu items to initialize or to mount disk partitions if you have any more partitions to set up.

From Debian GNU/Linux : Guide to Installation and Usage by Goerzen, John