inducted; inducting; inducts
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: to put in formal possession (as of a benefice or office) : install
was inducted as president of the college
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The club will induct six new members this year.
inducted the pitcher into the Baseball Hall of Fame
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The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force between July 2023 and this June inducted more than 70 J-20s, bringing the force’s operational fleet up to approximately 195, according to a Janes report published earlier this year.
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Simone McCarthy, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
Walden has been inducted into the Broadcasting & Cable Hall of Fame, was named MIPCOM Personality of the Year, included in the 2024 CNBC Changemakers: Women Transforming Business list, and received a Lifetime Achievement Award from Harvard Undergraduate Women in Business.
—Katcy Stephan, Variety, 4 Nov. 2024
In 1997, Clinton, along with fifteen other Parliament-Funkadelic members, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and later received Grammy Lifetime Achievement Awards.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 4 Nov. 2024
Winners would be inducted into the Hall of Fame on July 27, 2025.
—Dan Schlossberg, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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Simone McCarthy, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
Walden has been inducted into the Broadcasting & Cable Hall of Fame, was named MIPCOM Personality of the Year, included in the 2024 CNBC Changemakers: Women Transforming Business list, and received a Lifetime Achievement Award from Harvard Undergraduate Women in Business.
—Katcy Stephan, Variety, 4 Nov. 2024
In 1997, Clinton, along with fifteen other Parliament-Funkadelic members, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and later received Grammy Lifetime Achievement Awards.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 4 Nov. 2024
Winners would be inducted into the Hall of Fame on July 27, 2025.
—Dan Schlossberg, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Induct.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/induct. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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