inaugurate
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The incident would inaugurate a twisting case of murder, intrigue and insurance fraud—and a firestorm of headlines.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
At an event, the company plans to inaugurate the Sparks, Nev., factory dedicated to making its Semi truck.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
Organizers hoped the shows would draw 250,000 attendees and inaugurate the city as a home for jazz events on par with New Orleans and Montreal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
Finally, from 5,000 years ago, the Corded Ware people expanded out of the Russian steppe to inaugurate the European bronze age.
From Science Daily ● May 30, 2026
The nation’s capital city was getting ready to inaugurate a new president the following month.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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Some of AI’s top names, including OpenAI’s Chief Executive Sam Altman and Anthropic’s Dario Amodei, are expected to be present in India’s capital when Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates the summit on Thursday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 16, 2026
The event also kicks off the final seven-month dash of preparations and public works projects to be completed by Dec. 24, when Francis opens the basilica’s Holy Door and formally inaugurates the Jubilee.
From Seattle Times ● May 8, 2024
Titled “Artland: An Installation by Do Ho Suh and Children,” the show inaugurates the Norman M. Feinberg Gallery, just inside the entrance of the redesigned education center.
From New York Times ● Jan. 25, 2024
He won’t be back until October, when he inaugurates the orchestra’s fall season with a celebration of Frank Gehry and the 20th anniversary of Walt Disney Concert Hall.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2023
The department also presents an opportunity of interesting boys in all forms of church life through the committee work which the department inaugurates.
From The Boy and the Sunday School A Manual of Principle and Method for the Work of the Sunday School with Teen Age Boys by John L. Alexander
Donald Trump was a director at the company SLC Turnberry Ltd until he resigned the position in January 2017 - a day before he was inaugurated as US president.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Trump then inaugurated another golf course bearing his name in the town of Balmedie, near Aberdeen on the northeast Scottish coast.
From Barron's ● Sep. 12, 2026
Bank Melli began operating in the U.A.E. in 1969, before statehood, and has two branches in Dubai, whose ruler inaugurated its first branch.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
But creating a new award altogether is more of a rarity — the last time the academy did it was 2007, when it inaugurated the Honors Award to recognize programming that drives positive social change.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026
The other safety measures, which we soon inaugurated as a matter of self-preservation, were our own.
From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
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French President Emmanuel Macron begins Wednesday a two-day visit to Britain, inaugurating a landmark exhibition of the Bayeux Tapestry and becoming the first EU leader to meet new Prime Minister Andy Burnham in Downing Street.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
“Trump and Xi are inaugurating a new era in which technological prowess is at the core of the competition.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2025
During his visit, Widodo is inaugurating several construction projects in Nusantara, including a water reservoir.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 5, 2024
The men had been returning from Iran’s border with Azerbaijan after inaugurating a joint dam project.
From New York Times ● May 20, 2024
This time I’m inaugurating my patent leather shoes and a baby blue poplin dress with a little jacket to match.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
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