Inauguration Day

noun

: January 20 following a presidential election on which the president of the U.S. is inaugurated

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In Pennsylvania, a retiree named Chuck Pugh formed a sponsor group to bring an Afghan family here, and the final medical exam was completed just before Inauguration Day. George Packer, The Atlantic, 20 Feb. 2025 Less than a week after securing victory, Trump announced that Musk would lead DOGE, the new push to shrink government, alongside former GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, who left the commission by Inauguration Day. Will Weissert, The Denver Post, 19 Feb. 2025 The plan to dismiss probationary workers has been in motion since Inauguration Day, when the acting head of the Office of Personnel Management issued a memo directing all agencies to compile and submit a list of their probationary employees. Dan Perry, Newsweek, 19 Feb. 2025 The last two months were very strong, but that may change with the flood of changes announced since Inauguration Day. Bill Conerly, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for Inauguration Day

Word History

First Known Use

1829, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of Inauguration Day was in 1829

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“Inauguration Day.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Inauguration%20Day. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.

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