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[in-duhkt] / ɪnˈdʌkt /


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I got to induct the first managers inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: Brian Epstein and Andrew Loog Oldham — the Beatles and the Stones.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026

I stand by all of this—until the unlikely event someone wants to induct me into a Hall of Fame, in which case I think it’s a fabulous idea, thank you.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 28, 2026

In the end, both Oasis and Carey were overlooked last year - with voters choosing to induct Cher, Mary J Blige, Ozzy Osbourne and A Tribe Called Quest instead.

From BBC ● Feb. 12, 2025

Following Browne’s spirited rendition of his 1977 hit “Running on Empty,” Springsteen took the stage to induct Mellencamp into the American Music Honors.

From Salon ● Apr. 25, 2024

The Philadelphia Inquirer once named him its high school athlete of the week, and Holy Ghost would induct him into its sports hall of fame.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove

The Gorsedd inducts new members each year who have contributed to Welsh life.

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2024

The Country Music Hall of Fame inducts a songwriter every third year alongside the artist inductions.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 3, 2023

Jackson Browne inducts singer-songwriter Shawn Colvin; blues legend Buddy Guy is inducted by old friend and fellow blues icon Jimmie Vaughan, and Sean Penn inducts Lyle Lovett.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 27, 2019

The Basketball Hall of Fame inducts its new class tonight.

From New York Times ● Sep. 11, 2015

Besides, it inducts an infant into clean habits, I know many careful mothers who have accustomed their children, after the first three months, to do without diapers altogether.

From Advice to a Mother on the Management of Her Children by Pye Henry Chavasse

The band has won 22 Grammy Awards and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2005.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

He was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 2023.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

Dave Winfield, 74, is a former Major League Baseball right fielder who played for six teams and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2001.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

He was also the first rapper inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2017, as well being inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2021.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026

The girl was a little old to be inducted, but exceptions could be made.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee

“There are few finer songwriters, male or female, that have ever lived,” said the pop singer Pink in her 2022 speech inducting Parton into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

You get a lot of people saying, “Well, they’re not rock ’n’ roll” — inducting Salt-N-Pepa, for example.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2026

Perhaps most striking of all was how many female volunteers brought along their young daughters, inducting new generations of women into anticolonial politics.

From BBC ● Nov. 29, 2025

When it came to Fogerty, Springsteen didn’t mince words while inducting one of American music’s most prolific singer-songwriters.

From Salon ● Apr. 28, 2025

They will be chosen by popular vote—the only fair way of inducting a public entertainer to a snug billet.

From Art by Clive Bell


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