Example Sentences

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Binance.US staff referred to the transfers to Merit Peak as "withdrawals," messages show, because Binance.com employees were initiating them.

From Reuters • Feb. 16, 2023

Soccer and FIFA, the international governing body, both of which said late Friday that they were initiating investigations into the issues raised by the news media reports.

From New York Times • Oct. 1, 2021

Did the drafting of Christian mean the Redskins were initiating the search for his successor?

From Washington Post • Aug. 1, 2019

Burbank police said they would continue to monitor the situation, but that their police and fire departments were initiating a demobilization plan.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 4, 2017

This situation of the finances was fortunate in view of secret negotiations which the President and Congress were initiating for the purchase of Louisiana from France.

From Albert Gallatin American Statesmen Series, Vol. XIII by Stevens, John Austin