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as in inauguration
the process or an instance of being formally placed in an office or organization the installation of a new president takes place once every four years

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as in facility
a structure that is designed and built for a particular purpose a massive installation that supplies the electrical power needs for the entire state

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Recent Examples of installation Ové’s installation symbolically rests on two Castrol oil drums. Lee Sharrock, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024 The deal includes the first-ever Ultra 4DX installations in Taiwan, combining the company’s 4DX and ScreenX technologies. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 11 Dec. 2024 The colorful light installations topped us off with even more Christmas enchantment. Trudy Haywood Saunders, Travel + Leisure, 10 Dec. 2024 An art installation on display at the 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair on Oct. 10, 2024, at Somerset House. Lucy Handley, CNBC, 10 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for installation 
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Noun
  • Trump's inauguration is scheduled for Jan. 20, 2025 in Washington, D.C.
    Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 2 Dec. 2024
  • Epshteyn has been associated with Trump for nearly 10 years Epshteyn started work for Trump during the president's first term in 2016, serving as the director of communication for the inauguration committee, then held numerous assistant roles in 2017, according to Republic reports.
    Rey Covarrubias Jr., The Arizona Republic, 28 Nov. 2024
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  • After expanding to a bigger manufacturing facility in 1994, Yoshida perfected a way to slow-cook his sauce at scale.
    Chloe Sorvino, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
  • The group then turned to a dense agenda, discussing, among other things, the potential battery-storage facility.
    Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
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  • But the mayor had already determined that approving the bill would be no more expensive than the cost of printing a new series of city flags for parades and inaugurals.
    Michael Tubridy, New York Daily News, 13 Aug. 2024
  • In the coming campaign, prominent Democrats will inevitably tout the strength of Biden’s first-term White House as a selling point to voters who are dubious of reelecting a president who will be 82 at his second inaugural.
    Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 19 Sep. 2023
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  • Healthy inflammation includes the distinct phases of initiation and resolution.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 29 Nov. 2024
  • The company highlighted the initiation of an adolescent/adult cohort for its NGN-401 clinical trial for Rett syndrome and announced positive interim clinical data.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 18 Nov. 2024

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“Installation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/installation. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.

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