- past tense form of inaugurate.
- past participle of inaugurate.
inaugurated
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A few years later, it inaugurated its first overseas base in Djibouti on Africa’s east coast and signed a secret pact for access to a Cambodian naval base.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
“There’s just been too much to do,” Roy said of the chrome gel ritual she inaugurated as a volunteer for Eunisses Hernandez in 2022.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet and a Chinese military delegation inaugurated a joint logistics and training centre there last year.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
Donald Trump was a director at the company SLC Turnberry Ltd until he resigned the position in January 2017 - a day before he was inaugurated as US president.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
There was the Piscine des Tourelles, of course, the city’s other great Olympic pool, inaugurated during the second Paris games, of 1924.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
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