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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 The site-specific installation by Thai artist Eric Tobua is a miniature tropical wonderland, replete with orchids and butterflies. Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 16 Apr. 2025 The accident happened Tuesday morning in Santa Teresa, N.M., which is just across the state line from Fort Bliss, a major Army installation in West Texas. David Matthews, New York Daily News, 16 Apr. 2025 Fast-Track Solar Renewables And Battery Storage The development cycle for installation of solar PV with batteries is faster and cheaper than wind farms or fossil power plants (gas-fired or coal-fired). Ian Dexter Palmer, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025 With Lego, the retailer will showcase installations and on select days offer customers the opportunity to build their own bouquets from Lego bricks. Emily Burns, Footwear News, 14 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for installation
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Noun
  • Ever since President Donald Trump’s inauguration, opening any news app or website has felt like a nonstop barrage of blunt force trauma to the head.
    CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Following his inauguration, the president directed federal agencies to refuse to recognize the citizenship of children born in the United States without at least one parent who is an American citizen or a lawful permanent resident.
    Terry Moseley, USA Today, 18 Apr. 2025
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  • The Preakness will relocate to nearby Laurel Park in 2026 while the new facility is built.
    Todd Karpovich, Baltimore Sun, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Their campus spans over 10 miles (16 kilometers) of Utah desert, northwest of Promontory, with two central hubs of facilities.
    Josh Dinner, Space.com, 18 Apr. 2025
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  • Not So Glamorous Speaking of which, inaugurals are theoretically supposed to be glamorous.
    Elisabeth Bumiller, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025
  • Often times, the swearing-in of the President for a second term generates a lower audience than the initial inaugural.
    Brad Adgate, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
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  • The initiation of expert level track will begin in coming days with a view to hammer out details.
    Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Apr. 2025
  • Oliveira’s father was a wealthy industrialist, and a view from the old house’s perspective invokes the comforts that his family’s prosperity afforded, and, with these, the inner vistas, the aesthetic initiation that opened up to him in his urbane youth.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 26 Mar. 2025

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“Installation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/installation. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.

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