initiation
Example Sentences
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This entire case, from the initiation of the District Attorney’s investigation in 2021 to the present, is without precedent.
It’s a sudden initiation into a form of that activism most involved never seek out: forming groups and learning how to organize.
From Washington Post
“I loved our compete. Our response was great. Our initiation was great,” Hakstol said.
From Seattle Times
We now know that Sam and other pledges were punched, tackled, verbally abused, and forced to do calisthenics, eat raw onions, drink hot sauce and more as part of their initiation.
From Seattle Times
She has what she calls “fatigue and malaise” and “decreased lack of executive functions — self control, emotional control, task initiation, working memory . . . planning and time management.”
From Seattle Times
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