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inaugural
[ in-aw-gyer-uhl, -ger-uhl ]
adjective
- of or relating to an inauguration:
Harding's inaugural address.
- marking the beginning of a new venture, series, etc.:
the inaugural run of the pony express.
noun
- an address, as of a president, at the beginning of a term of office.
- an inaugural ceremony:
to attend the presidential inaugural.
inaugural
/ ɪnˈɔːɡjʊrəl /
adjective
- characterizing or relating to an inauguration
noun
- a speech made at an inauguration, esp by a president of the US
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- postin·augu·ral adjective
- prein·augu·ral adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of inaugural1
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Example Sentences
On June 18, 1971, the caucus threw its inaugural dinner at the Dunbar Hotel.
“We are all Republicans, we are all Federalists” said Thomas Jefferson in his first inaugural.
Thomas Jefferson also warned in his first inaugural that not “every difference of opinion is a difference of principle.”
Which brings us to FDR's first inaugural speech assertion that "we have nothing to fear but fear itself."
Richard Blanco made waves in 2013 when he was the first immigrant, Latino, and openly gay man to be the inaugural poet.
(p. 362) Two years passed, and Abraham Lincoln gave utterance to other sentiments in his second inaugural address to the people.
One sentence in his inaugural address provoked derision: "We are at peace with all the world and the rest of mankind."
No possible argument, however, can reconcile these inaugural principles with the Kentucky resolutions.
The "penitentiarying" of Newt himself had been only the inaugural of more sweeping and hateful innovations.
Life is movement, cried Alois von Brinz, in his magnificent inaugural address.
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