inaugurate

Example Sentences

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It also may be behind schedule: Joko wants to inaugurate it next August, but not a single showcase structure has been completed.

From New York Times

Then Imani Winds inaugurated “Giants,” five sketches of pioneers of color.

From New York Times

The winner Bola Tinubu is due to be inaugurated on 29 May but the opposition is challenging this.

From BBC

Erdogan also flicked the switch on Turkey's first delivery of natural gas from a Black Sea reserve, promising households free supplies, and inaugurated its first nuclear power station in a ceremony attended virtually by Putin.

From Reuters

It has won back so much loot that it recently inaugurated the Museum of Salvaged Art, where returned items spend time in Rome before being shipped back to the regions from where they were stolen.

From Seattle Times