installed

past tense of install
1
as in inducted
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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2
as in lodged
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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  • Lasorda was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1997, his first year of eligibility.
    Liana Handler, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
  • In addition to her 32 individual Primetime Emmy Awards, more than any other documentarian, she was also inducted into the Broadcasting and Cable Hall of Fame in 2000, and selected for the Television Academy’s Governors Award in 2009.
    Clayton Davis, Variety, 30 June 2026
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  • On June 3, Walden went to the hospital, where a CT scan revealed the metal bristle had become lodged in his bowel and had begun puncturing his intestine.
    Nick Lunemann, CBS News, 30 June 2026
  • On a hike in 2005, Flod came across a truck tire lodged between two boulders in Malibu Creek.
    Ryan Steven Green, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026
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  • The Multi-Site Computer Austria (or MUSICA) was officially inaugurated on Friday, July 3, 2026.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 3 July 2026
  • Art as cult fodder, marginalia, obscurantism—Duchamp inaugurated all of this.
    Sebastian Smee, The Atlantic, 29 June 2026
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  • What could’ve happened had a ball been squared up, an outfielder been positioned differently or an umpire’s call flipped?
    C. Trent Rosecrans, New York Times, 5 July 2026
  • The Explorer, positioned between the Edge and Expedition, is Ford’s best-selling sport utility vehicle.
    James Raia, Mercury News, 5 July 2026
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  • Le Tigrr Ermitage is the insider's pick—a hybrid Asian restaurant, cocktail bar, lounge, and club perched on the hill above Place des Lices, in the grounds of the historic Hôtel Ermitage.
    Karli Poliziani, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 July 2026
  • McGinley photographed models cavorting naked (always naked) through sand dunes in the Mojave Desert and pine forests in Vermont, in a frigid ice cave in upstate New York and perched above a rushing waterfall in Tennessee.
    Chris Wiley, New Yorker, 4 July 2026
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  • The event was a collaboration between Farm Party and the Solano Canyon Community Garden, which operates the 5-acre space nestled in Elysian Park.
    Pedro Moura, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
  • Morocco, which has the best shot of any CAF team of making a mid-July run, is very likely on a collision course with Mbappé’s crew, while four African teams are nestled in Argentina’s section of the bracket.
    Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 30 June 2026
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  • The Chatrie case involves the hunt for a suspect in an armed bank robbery in busy Midlothian, Virginia, in May 2019, and how police settled on a man named Okello Chatrie as the perpetrator.
    Anne Toomey McKenna, The Conversation, 30 June 2026
  • The Warriors Golden State has been prioritizing James and would give him an opportunity to play with his friends, Steph Curry and Draymond Green, and remain close to his family, which is settled in Southern California.
    Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 30 June 2026
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“Installed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/installed. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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