inaugural

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It is also the inaugural crewed flight of NASA's new lunar rocket, dubbed SLS.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

The Dodger Stadium Express indicates it could: Ridership has just about quadrupled since its inaugural season, from 122,273 in 2010 to 463,147 last year, according to Metro.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

Reopening after a high-profile expansion, the institution stages a sprawling and enthralling inaugural show that examines how technology shapes ideas of what it means to be human.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

Martha Gulati is a preventive cardiologist and the inaugural director of the Davis Women’s Heart Center at the Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 19, 2026

The employees came together for extracurricular activities based at the laboratory: in 1954, Henry Reid appointed Chubby Peddrew to serve as one of the directors of Langley’s inaugural United Fund Drive.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly