initiated
Example Sentences
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It added that "the divestiture process of this business will be initiated immediately".
From BBC
"The divestiture process of this business will be initiated immediately," the company said in a statement, referring to Capgemini Government Solutions.
From Barron's
“The embassy didn’t send Willa to Poland. She chose to go, perhaps even initiated the mission herself.”
From Literature
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Pilots on the Mesa Airlines flight decided that the separation between their craft and the one taking off was insufficient and initiated a go-around, where a landing is aborted.
From Los Angeles Times
“It was a broader set of issues, and Canada was the first country to understand the change in U.S. trade policy that he initiated, and we’re responding to that.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.