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initiation

[ih-nish-ee-ay-shuhn] / ɪˌnɪʃ iˈeɪ ʃən /


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My focus is not on the substantive merits of the charges, the government’s exercise of its prosecutorial discretion to pursue these charges, or the close-to-an-election timing of the initiation of the prosecution.

From Slate ● Nov. 3, 2026

By contrast, clubs that spend very little on non-golf amenities have a median initiation fee of $30,000.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

"Delays in specimen collection, transportation and testing can postpone confirmation by days or weeks, which hinders the isolation of infected persons, contact tracing and the initiation of outbreak-control measures," Sullivan wrote.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026

Howe has high hopes for “The Body,” about badly behaved Catholic school girls who have prophetic visions after a dance team initiation goes awry.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

I didn’t realize until that moment that Dauntless initiation had taught me an important lesson: how to keep going.

From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth

The initiations from JPMorgan, Bank of America, KeyBanc Capital Markets, and Jefferies frame Forgent as a play on one of the tightest bottlenecks in the AI buildout: electrical distribution equipment.

From Barron's ● Mar. 2, 2026

We want to be clear, initiations have no place at Cardiff University and we reserve the right to investigate using our student conduct regulations.

From BBC ● Jan. 28, 2026

The practices of the cult are obscure and difficult to reconstruct, but it seems that initiations took place in a cave.

From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023

In Candomblé, which mixes Yoruba, Fon and Bantu beliefs, initiations typically require people to remain secluded for around 21 days: “I had no way of contacting the outside world.”

From New York Times ● Apr. 7, 2022

“Well, yeah. You’ve got one of the worst initiations, and there’s that whole old-age thing.”

From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth


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