inaugurate
verb (used with object)
inaugurates
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present tense formof inaugurate (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Running through April 2027, “The First Salute” is part of Philadelphia’s semiquincentennial celebration and inaugurates the first phase of the Weitzman’s reinvention.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 2026
He won’t be back until October, when he inaugurates the orchestra’s fall season with a celebration of Frank Gehry and the 20th anniversary of Walt Disney Concert Hall.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2023
Thursday, UC San Diego formally inaugurates the Human Milk Institute, the first academic institution in the U.S. devoted to a crucial element of human nutrition that science is, in many ways, only beginning to understand.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 30, 2023
So I was excited to climb to this fourth-floor gallery in TriBeCa, up past the well-known David Zwirner and James Cohan spaces, and discover the inspiring group show that inaugurates Jacqueline Sullivan’s new gallery.
From New York Times ● Jan. 4, 2023
The department also presents an opportunity of interesting boys in all forms of church life through the committee work which the department inaugurates.
From The Boy and the Sunday School A Manual of Principle and Method for the Work of the Sunday School with Teen Age Boys by John L. Alexander
