1
as in to inaugurate
to put into an office or welcome into an organization with special ceremonies
installed her as the new principal of the high school
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as in to lodge
to establish or place comfortably or snugly
installed herself in an easy chair by the fireplace and remained there for the rest of the afternoon
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Recent Examples of install
At Portage’s wastewater treatment plant, Kreps is helping install new equipment.
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Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 19 July 2025
Yet Donald Trump and his attorney general, Pam Bondi, are bypassing both methods to install and keep a clearly unfit character as the U.S. attorney for the upstate Northern District of New York.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 18 July 2025
San Diego’s Metropolitan Transit System, or MTS, has a contract with Clear Channel to handle getting the contracts and putting on the wraps, which take about a day to install.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 July 2025
The closures are needed for crews to install a traffic signal, the release states.
—arkansasonline.com, 9 July 2025
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Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 19 July 2025
Yet Donald Trump and his attorney general, Pam Bondi, are bypassing both methods to install and keep a clearly unfit character as the U.S. attorney for the upstate Northern District of New York.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 18 July 2025
San Diego’s Metropolitan Transit System, or MTS, has a contract with Clear Channel to handle getting the contracts and putting on the wraps, which take about a day to install.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 July 2025
The closures are needed for crews to install a traffic signal, the release states.
—arkansasonline.com, 9 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for install
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Colton was among the roughly 1,500 people convicted in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol and pardoned by Trump on the same day he was inaugurated for his second term in office.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
17 July 2025
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Conversely, under Trump, the average weekly paycheck buys 1% more today than when he was inaugurated in January.—
E.J. Antoni,
Boston Herald,
13 July 2025
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The information lodges somewhere in our unconscious.—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
14 July 2025
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Last week, with one out left in the state Division 3 game against Waterbury and his team losing 3-2, Seymour coach Jim Hoffman lodged a protest that Waterbury was using ineligible players.—
Lori Riley,
Hartford Courant,
13 July 2025
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Just last year, McCoy was inducted into the Eagles' Hall of Fame.—
Justin Grasso,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 July 2025
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Meanwhile, Sharapova is scheduled to be inducted in to the International Tennis Hall of Fame on August, 23, alongside the Bryan Brothers.—
Merlisa Lawrence Corbett,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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The lodge complex consisted of a main building and 114 standalone cabins perched at some 8,000 feet overlooking the canyon.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
14 July 2025
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Netflix officially announced the start of the shoot in Italy on July 2, sharing a snap of Collins perched on a vespa.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
14 July 2025
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Train managers to initiate—not just relay—purpose conversations.—
HEC Paris Insights,
Forbes.com,
22 July 2025
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Jefferies initiated coverage of the data management software stock with a buy rating and a $22 per share price target, which is about 17% above Friday's $18.79 close.—
Brian Evans,
CNBC,
21 July 2025
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The truck had parked on a corner, only a few blocks away.—
Mona Awad,
New Yorker,
20 July 2025
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When contacted by Newsweek by phone, the company confirmed the white SUV was an ICE vehicle that had been parked illegally on Thursday, July 10.—
Thomas Westerholm,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 July 2025
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Camp Mystic, a girls' summer camp nestled in the Hill Country, lost dozens of its campers in the surge, along with staff members who died trying to save the girls entrusted to their care.—
Theresa Payton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 July 2025
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The Charles Hotel is a contemporary art deco masterpiece situated in Munich’s Maxvorstadt district, nestled next to the Old Botanical Garden.—
Lea Dlugosch,
Travel + Leisure,
22 July 2025
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Now, two weeks later, comes Marvel’s The Fantastic Four: First Steps—which, coincidentally or not, seems similarly positioned as an injection of Technicolor fizz into a progressively more leaden franchise.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
25 July 2025
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Perhaps that’s why, during the Civil War, Lincoln had artillery positioned facing Baltimore rather than toward the Confederacy.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
25 July 2025
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“Install.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/install. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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