initiation
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"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
Maresca said he has not done an initiation song in front of the squad as "the manager doesn't sing".
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
That’s the black card with a $10,000 initiation fee and $5,000 annual fee.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
“It isn’t top-secret information, how the Dauntless initiation process works.”
From "Divergent" 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
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
The forces that brought John Smith and Powhatan to their twin initiations were thus much larger than either could fully comprehend.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018
Many initiations followed, but I was not allowed to Felicia’s last one, her asiento.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
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