instates

verb

present tense third-person singular of instate
as in inaugurates
to put into an office or welcome into an organization with special ceremonies the new secretary of the treasury was instated on Monday

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for instates
  1. inaugurates
  2. inducts
  3. initiates
  4. installs
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  • Welcome to the wild world of casting non-professional actors, a practice that is in the spotlight this year as the Academy inaugurates the casting Oscar.
    — Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates the India AI Impact Summit 2026 at Bharat Mandapam, in New Delhi, on Monday.
    — Jared Perlo, NBC news, 20 Feb. 2026
Definition of inaugurates
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  • The Hall of Fame inducts one of the largest classes in its history.
    — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026
  • The Songwriters Hall of Fame inducts both non-performers and performers alike each year.
    — Ilana Kaplan, PEOPLE, 21 Jan. 2026
Definition of inducts
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  • Under Turkish labor law, once an authorized union initiates a legal strike, active worker participation is required to complete the process.
    — Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Piper Sandler initiates CoreWeave as overweight Piper says the stock has plenty more room to run.
    — Michael Bloom, CNBC, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of initiates
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  • Muse Code installs from the terminal with a single command and takes on whole engineering jobs across large repositories, planning the change, writing the code, and checking the result.
    — Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Experts say those instructions can paste and install a malicious command that installs malware on the device.
    — Joshua Sidorowicz, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of installs
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