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initiating

NOUN
establishing
Synonyms
STRONG
beginning building chartering constituting endowing fixing founding implementing inaugurating instituting organizing originating regulating settling stabilizing starting subsidizing
WEAK
setting up
Antonyms
WEAK
dissolving ending tearing down
PREPOSITION
behind
Synonyms
STRONG
causing
WEAK
at the bottom of concerning the circumstances instigating responsible for

Example Sentences

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Thus the plan: The U.S. was initiating a “strict quarantine” on military equipment being shipped to Cuba.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

Sharif invited the delegations to Islamabad after initiating the two-week cease-fire Tuesday.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

Yet current prescribing guidelines don’t recommend asking a basic question before initiating treatment: Does this patient actually have low endogenous GLP-1 levels?

From Slate • Mar. 22, 2026

Both sides blame the other for initiating the conflict.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

Did a group of people sit around and cast their votes on initiating the Hunger Games?

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins