initiation
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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
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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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