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inaugurate

[in-aw-gyuh-reyt, -guh-] / ɪnˈɔ gyəˌreɪt, -gə- /


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He did so in his first season to help inaugurate a new festival he called “America and the Americans.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 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

To inaugurate his new enterprise, Woods commissioned a portrait.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

The Vatican News website said he would first visit the capital Madrid, and then travel to Barcelona, where he will inaugurate the newest and tallest tower of the Sagrada Familia Basilica.

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 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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