inaugurate
Example Sentences
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He inaugurated the modernized railway, first built in the early 20th century, in December 2023.
Another Pacific island state, Fiji, inaugurated an embassy in Jerusalem in September.
From Barron's
On the day that Ronald Reagan was inaugurated as the 40th U.S. president in 1981, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 2%.
The first president born in the 20th century, John F. Kennedy, wasn’t inaugurated until 1961.
In April, the PLA inaugurated what it called a logistics and training center at a naval base in Cambodia.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
