How to Use initiation in a Sentence

initiation

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  • Before the initiation that year, the girls went to Gearhart for a night in June.
    — OregonLive.com, 22 Dec. 2017
  • Last month, Auburn's board of trustees approved the initiation of a project for a new videoboard in the North end zone.
    — James Crepea, AL.com, 3 Nov. 2017
  • The ad goes on to read that women can join for $20 a month with no initiation fee.
    — Brandon Patterson, Detroit Free Press, 8 Feb. 2018
  • So that’s part of it, is just working on the initiation and who to collect.
    — Holly Otterbein, Philly.com, 9 May 2018
  • Police are not aware of any video that captures the initiation of the fight between the two men.
    — Megan Jones, chicagotribune.com, 2 June 2021
  • There was the one about a gang initiation in Little Rock.
    — Eula Calahan, Arkansas Online, 8 Aug. 2023
  • The journey is arguably akin to an initiation; the road is rough, but the reward is sweet.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 2 May 2023
  • The Big Ten had set a deadline of Wednesday for the initiation of rapid testing.
    — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 30 Sep. 2020
  • At times, such as in 2012, Trump waived the initiation fee entirely to draw in new blood.
    — Rob Crilly, Washington Examiner, 12 Apr. 2021
  • The weak wait for the strong—their motion is all response, no initiation.
    — Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2021
  • The nagging is most fierce on the days when the sounds of the traditional drums echo through Port Loko for an initiation.
    — New York Times, 14 June 2022
  • As is the case in football these days, Bony was made to perform an initiation song.
    — SI.com, 18 Sep. 2017
  • The initiation is the first among firms tracked by Bloomberg since shares started trading last week.
    — Fortune, 21 Sep. 2020
  • The third concern is that prior to the initiation of phase 2, funds utilized for phase 1 would have to be repaid.
    — al, 27 Apr. 2021
  • The 20-year-old, nearly 7-foot-4 rookie’s initiation to the NBA world has drawn rave reviews in many ways.
    — Tim Reynolds, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Selmont did not respond to a query about the gang initiation claim.
    — Alene Tchekmedyian, Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 2020
  • The toon movie turns on one keenie’s life story from initiation to old age, says Bonet.
    — Pablo Sandoval, Variety, 25 Nov. 2022
  • The first candidate for initiation this year was a teenager whose face had been smeared with mud and the dregs of homemade beer.
    — Rodney Muhumuza, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2024
  • The story was that it had been swiped by other players as a rookie initiation for the Colts star.
    — Mike Klingaman, baltimoresun.com, 28 Sep. 2017
  • Sam Bankman-Fried: The crypto kid had a tough initiation to the world of big-money politics.
    — Dan Alexander, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2022
  • Without that initiation, there’s no call to be made there.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Sep. 2019
  • According to the church, baptism is the first of three sacraments of initiation.
    — Adam Terro, The Arizona Republic, 15 Feb. 2022
  • But the people who went through the embarrassing initiation liked the group more and were more eager to join it than the control group.
    — The Politics Of Everything, The New Republic, 17 Feb. 2021
  • Has the age of smoking initiation come down more rapidly for women than for men?
    — Susan Scutti, CNN, 24 May 2018
  • Equinoxes happen twice a year, during the initiation of fall and spring.
    — Lisa Stardust, refinery29.com, 18 Sep. 2023
  • At one point in the initiation, when Deng was tackled, his head slammed against the frozen ground, causing him to lose consciousness, court records show.
    — Kc Baker, PEOPLE.com, 9 Jan. 2018
  • For once, the talk wasn’t about the initiation of unproven young players but established stars.
    — Bruce Jenkins, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Aug. 2019
  • At Mar-a-Lago, initiation fees doubled, which was good for the Trump bottom line.
    — Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2018
  • Box — The content solutions stock ticked 0.3% lower despite an initiation at buy from DA Davidson.
    — Alex Harring, CNBC, 18 Dec. 2024
  • No illnesses were reported as of the Nov. 27 recall initiation.
    — James Powel, The Tennessean, 26 Dec. 2024

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