inaugurate

Example Sentences

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Lula was set to celebrate Brazil’s continued leadership role in the bloc on Thursday when his successor as president, Dilma Rousseff, is inaugurated head of the bank at its headquarters in Shanghai.

From Washington Post

The two stores - in capital Delhi and India's financial hub Mumbai - will be inaugurated later this month.

From BBC

All of which seem very much like the actions of someone vying for the presidency, not even three months after Newsom, a mere 55, was inaugurated for his second and final term in Sacramento.

From Los Angeles Times

Biden had not yet been inaugurated as president when the Capitol attack occurred.

From Reuters

Soon after Harding was inaugurated in March 1921, the warden at the federal prison in Atlanta drove Debs to the rail station.

From Washington Post