inaugurate
verb (used with object)
have inaugurated
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present perfectof inaugurate.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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“Danny and the Deep Blue Sea” may have inaugurated a genre of drama about the histrionic roller coaster of intimacy between the walking wounded.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 28, 2023
Maybe even room service, which the Waldorf claims to have inaugurated.
From New York Times ● Feb. 24, 2017
Now, scientists have inaugurated a major new effort.
From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2016
Calvin Coolidge may have inaugurated the current era of former presidents getting along, through his roles as philanthropist, civic volunteer, businessman and, of course, memoir writer.
From Washington Post
He approves of the measures you have inaugurated for intensive teaching during the coming year, and trusts they will meet with great success.
From Messages to Canada by Shoghi Effendi
