Inauguration Day
noun
: January 20 following a presidential election on which the president of the U.S. is inaugurated
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Her comments came during a wide-ranging conversation on Fox News ahead of Inauguration Day, which will see her husband retake the White House, this time following the Biden administration.
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Jackson Walker, Baltimore Sun, 16 Jan. 2025
The Republican governors who have made similar flag-raising declarations for Inauguration Day are Alabama’s Kay Ivey, Florida’s Ron DeSantis, Idaho’s Brad Little, Iowa’s Kim Reynolds, Nebraska’s Jim Pillen, North Dakota’s Kelly Armstrong, Tennessee’s Bill Lee and Texas’s Greg Abbott.
—Tara Suter, The Hill, 16 Jan. 2025
Trump's Inauguration To Be Coldest Since Reagan's Trump's Inauguration Day on January 20 is expected to be the coldest swearing-in of a president since former President Ronald Reagan's second inauguration in 1985.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
Inching closer to Inauguration Day, spectators can expect to see more of him as children of president's-to-be play a role in the pageantry.
—Sam Woodward, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2025
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Jackson Walker, Baltimore Sun, 16 Jan. 2025
The Republican governors who have made similar flag-raising declarations for Inauguration Day are Alabama’s Kay Ivey, Florida’s Ron DeSantis, Idaho’s Brad Little, Iowa’s Kim Reynolds, Nebraska’s Jim Pillen, North Dakota’s Kelly Armstrong, Tennessee’s Bill Lee and Texas’s Greg Abbott.
—Tara Suter, The Hill, 16 Jan. 2025
Trump's Inauguration To Be Coldest Since Reagan's Trump's Inauguration Day on January 20 is expected to be the coldest swearing-in of a president since former President Ronald Reagan's second inauguration in 1985.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
Inching closer to Inauguration Day, spectators can expect to see more of him as children of president's-to-be play a role in the pageantry.
—Sam Woodward, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2025
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