inauguration
noun
in·au·gu·ra·tion
i-ˌnȯ-gyə-ˈrā-shən 
-gə-
: an act of inaugurating
especially
: a ceremonial induction into office
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the pomp and circumstance of a presidential inauguration
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Bezos’ Amazon and Zuckerberg’s Meta were among the tech firms that tithed $1 million each to help pay for Trump’s inauguration.
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Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2025
Among the many executive orders since his Jan. 20 inauguration, Mr. Trump took aim at rooting out diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI, programs within the federal government.
—CBS News, 26 Jan. 2025
But the inauguration’s dance of public and private power is more complicated than that.
—Philip Montgomery, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2025
Between November and the inauguration, Trump openly discussed taking back the Panama Canal, purchasing Greenland from Denmark, and annexing Canada as the 51st state in the union.
—Christian Datoc, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 25 Jan. 2025
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Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2025
Among the many executive orders since his Jan. 20 inauguration, Mr. Trump took aim at rooting out diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI, programs within the federal government.
—CBS News, 26 Jan. 2025
But the inauguration’s dance of public and private power is more complicated than that.
—Philip Montgomery, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2025
Between November and the inauguration, Trump openly discussed taking back the Panama Canal, purchasing Greenland from Denmark, and annexing Canada as the 51st state in the union.
—Christian Datoc, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 25 Jan. 2025
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“Inauguration.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inauguration. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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inauguration
noun
in·au·gu·ra·tion
in-ˌȯ-g(y)ə-ˈrā-shən
: an act or ceremony of inaugurating
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