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initiate

Definition for initiate

verb as in teach

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“I can’t get them to initiate the money. It’s just a quagmire.”

From Salon

The law prohibits mortgage servicers from initiating a foreclosure or executing a foreclosure judgment or sale.

Ackerman can’t speak for past leadership, he said, but pointed to the amount of time infrastructure and transit plans can take to develop and initiate when considering funding and environmental reviews.

Food and Drug Administration will initiate a safety-label update for Tylenol and other acetaminophen products and send a letter to physicians about potential links between the drug’s use and autism, Kennedy said.

It’s one thing to have a hissy fit over what someone said on television, and to initiate boycotts and consumer complaints so their employers will fire them.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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