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as in to induct
to put into an office or welcome into an organization with special ceremonies
the new sisters will be baptized with special initiation rites at the sorority house
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Recent Examples of baptize
Darby says that's when the family spoke to a priest to have the newborn baptized.
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Cara Lynn Shultz, People.com, 6 Feb. 2025
Ebenezer is where King was baptized as a child and ordained at 19.
—Jeff Martin, Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2025
What To Know In an interview with The Telegraph published on Saturday, Grylls, a British adventurer and writer, defended Brand's recent conversion to Christianity, in which Brand revealed in April that he had been baptized as a Christian in the River Thames.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 12 Jan. 2025
November 1: Souls of beings who had an exemplary life, as well as those of children who were baptized.
—Paula Soria, The Arizona Republic, 29 Oct. 2024
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Cara Lynn Shultz, People.com, 6 Feb. 2025
Ebenezer is where King was baptized as a child and ordained at 19.
—Jeff Martin, Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2025
What To Know In an interview with The Telegraph published on Saturday, Grylls, a British adventurer and writer, defended Brand's recent conversion to Christianity, in which Brand revealed in April that he had been baptized as a Christian in the River Thames.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 12 Jan. 2025
November 1: Souls of beings who had an exemplary life, as well as those of children who were baptized.
—Paula Soria, The Arizona Republic, 29 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for baptize
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Their Wenzel Whiskey Sherry was named both the World's Best Finished Bourbon and the Best Kentucky Finished Bourbon.—
Hudson Lindenberger,
Forbes,
23 Feb. 2025
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In 2023, Shiffrin named Karin Harjo, a veteran coach at every level in both the U.S. and Canada, as her head coach, replacing Mike Day, who had worked with her for seven years.—
Matthew Futterman,
The Athletic,
23 Feb. 2025
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The Wayans family will also be honored at the ceremony and inducted into the NAACP Image Awards Hall of Fame.—
Julia Teti,
WWD,
22 Feb. 2025
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His name now graces streets, parks, schools and universities, and Malcolm X Day is celebrated in more than a dozen states, including Nebraska, which inducted Malcolm X into its hall of fame in 2024.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA TODAY,
22 Feb. 2025
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Those in need of shelter from the cold can call 211 to check availability of beds.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Feb. 2023
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Their children’s schoolmates call the sisters the Puffling Queens.—
Cheryl Katz,
Smithsonian Magazine,
14 Feb. 2023
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By inaugurating the era of development aid, the U.S. was strategically using the concept of universality to undermine what was left of the British, French and Belgian colonial empires while guaranteeing its own access to new markets in developing countries.—
Isabelle Mayault,
The Dial,
13 Feb. 2025
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Charles Baudelaire translated him, inaugurating Poe-mania in France.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
7 Feb. 2025
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Trump nominated Ed Martin, an election denier who was outside the Capitol on Jan. 6, to be U.S. attorney for Washington.—
David Leonhardt,
New York Times,
18 Feb. 2025
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Three of the film’s stars — Timothée Chalamet, who plays Dylan, Edward Norton, who plays Pete Seeger, and Monica Barbaro, who plays Joan Baez — have been nominated for acting Oscars for their performances in it.—
Scott Feinberg,
The Hollywood Reporter,
17 Feb. 2025
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Free catered lunches were introduced to Hollywood’s office culture by Silicon Valley, where companies like Facebook would install shopping mall-style food courts to keep programmers fed and happy.—
Katcy Stephan,
Variety,
1 Mar. 2025
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The City of Charlotte will install signs in the Dilworth and Wilmore neighborhoods starting this March for a new permit program to regulate parking.—
Alexandria Sands,
Axios,
28 Feb. 2025
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Pauline Kael dubbed his performance the best in the film.—
Carmel Dagan,
Variety,
27 Feb. 2025
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What To Know There have been tensions over NATO accusing Russia of sabotaging vessels in the Baltic Sea and claims of hybrid warfare around what is dubbed the NATO Lake as the alliance's members move to combat Moscow's belligerence in the region.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
27 Feb. 2025
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Ocalan's momentous announcement is part of a new effort for peace between the group and the Turkish state, which was initiated in October by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's coalition partner, Devlet Bahceli.—
ROBERT BADENDIECK AND SUZAN FRASER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
arkansasonline.com,
28 Feb. 2025
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In contrast, Musk's DOGE, established under President Donald Trump's administration, has initiated mass layoffs targeting approximately 200,000 federal employees so far in the month since Trump began his second presidency, and that number is likely to grow.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Feb. 2025
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“Baptize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/baptize. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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