inaugurate
verb (used with object)
have been inaugurating
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present perfect progressiveof inaugurate.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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In France, the inhabitants of Andelys have been inaugurating a statue of Nicolas Poussin, with great ceremonial.
From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, August, 1851 by Various
The inhabitants of Schaffhausen have been inaugurating a monument to the memory of the historian John von Muller in that, his native town.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol 1-98, 1850-1899 None by Various (magazine) Harper
