inaugurate
verb (used with object)
had inaugurated
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past perfectof inaugurate.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The Beach Boys and their inspiration, the duo Jan and Dean, had inaugurated a school of rock ’n’ roll that had little to do with greaser rebellion.
From New York Times ● May 22, 2021
By the end of 1940, Walt Disney had inaugurated a program that would train women from Ink and Paint so that they could be promoted into animation, where the original drawing was done.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 28, 2019
He said his visit had inaugurated “a major new era in a longstanding alliance”.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 29, 2016
Two films linked Grigsby directly with the tradition that John Grierson, the Scottish documentary pioneer, had inaugurated with his fishing documentary Drifters in 1929.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 21, 2013
Besides, the car fire had inaugurated one of the most important discussions of both their lives, a talk that went on for hours, interspersed between ferocious Quake II battles on their linked computers.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
