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How to use the word initiated in a Sentence?

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I initiated a moratorium against the death penalty in Washington State in 2014, and our rationale for that decision was affirmed by our (state) Supreme Court decision in 2018, when they invalidated the death penalty statute, they made clear, and we know this to be true, that the penalty has been applied unequally and in a racially insensitive manner.

Jay Inslee

Found on CNN
12 months ago

Clearly, I really wish, and I should have been notified sooner, so I could have initiated containment steps earlier. Had that happened, I believe we might not be here today, had the agency responded quicker to some of the earlier signals, I believe this crisis could have been averted or at least the magnitude lessened.

Frank Yiannas

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Zadachin is a Special Investigator assigned to the Chief Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation. Zadachin ordered that a criminal case be initiated against Kara-Murza based on his speech before the Arizona House of Representatives. Zadachin requested that detention be ordered as a pre-trial restraint for Kara-Murza and defended this request in court.

The Treasury Department on Friday

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The Learjet pilot read back the instructions clearly but began a takeoff roll instead, the pilot of the JetBlue aircraft took evasive action and initiated a climb-out as the Learjet crossed the intersection.

The FAA

Found on CNN
1 year ago

There are some important things that are getting lost here in respect to that case, it’s the FBI who initiated this investigation, it’s the FBI and our agents that painstakingly and methodically put the case together against him, and it’s the FBI that arrested him….I think [what] the charges in that case demonstrate is the FBI’s willingness as an organization to shine a bright light on conduct that is totally unacceptable, including when it happens from one of our own people, and to hold those people accountable.

Christopher Wray

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The recall was initiated after the company’s environmental samples tested positive for Listeria monocytogenes.

Fresh Ideation Food Group LLC

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Immediately upon learning this situation, we initiated an investigation by our Professional Compliance Bureau, along with our Major Crimes Unit, and in conjunction with the State Attorney’s Office had the investigation started, both officers were removed from the uniformed patrol division and were reassigned until they were relieved of duty.

Hialeah Police Chief George Fuente

Found on CNN
1 year ago

That can cause what is known as self-initiated upward lightning, so the lightning occurs because you have charged at the tip of this wind turbine blade that is really close to the base of the cloud, and it’s really easy to get a connection of the electric charge.

Chris Vagasky

Found on CNN
1 year ago

In fact, while saying ‘no layoffs,’ numerous carriers cut hours and related pay. Many others initiated voluntary separation agreements that paid fewer hours and salary dollars over a defined future period in exchange for early retirements or similar.

Robert Mann

Found on CNN
1 year ago

No carrier was operating a 2019 level of flying, in fact, while saying ‘no layoffs,’ numerous carriers cut hours and related pay. Many others initiated voluntary separation agreements that paid fewer hours and salary dollars over a defined future period in exchange for early retirements or similar.

Robert Mann

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The first cohort of kids, that trial was already initiated, and that's for kids 6 to 11.

Silvia Taylor

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We recently initiated a trial that we're calling Hummingbird, which is a Phase 2b/3 trial, and that's going to be an effectiveness and efficacy trial and also clearly be looking at safety, and that will have three age cohorts, the first cohort of kids, that trial was already initiated, and that's for kids 6 to 11.

Silvia Taylor

Found on CNN
1 year ago

[Veterans] are reliable, focused, initiated, they have the initiative and the commitment and more importantly, they have the adaptability to fit into pretty much any role.

Jim Lorraine

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

We must take action to fill this deficit and increase our foreign exchange reserves. To this end, we have initiated discussions with international financial institutions as well as with our friendly countries regarding repayment of our loan installments.

Mahinda Rajapaksa

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The process has been initiated through this ordering portal today.

Tom Inglesby

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Today, in a mandamus proceeding initiated by relator Nicholas Kristof, The Oregon Supreme Court held' resident' in Article V, section 2, took its meaning from the legal concept of domicile, that is, the place where a person lives with the intent to remain indefinitely.

Oregon Supreme Court

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Newhall Units were able to locate the vehicle on the northbound I-5 around Magic Mountain Parkway, we attempted to pull the vehicle over and a pursuit was initiated.

Josh Greengard

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

We have not selected any specific business target and we have not, nor has anyone on our behalf, initiated any substantive discussions, directly or indirectly, with any business combination target.

Digital World

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Hayden Police has arrested this subject and initiated criminal and traffic charges. Thank you to all that assisted !

Hayden Police

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

He’s enigmatic. He’s an actor, a dancer, a musician. He’s a tribal man, initiated in the tribal ways, he has a foot in both cultures. It’s an enormous strain on the man.

Peter Weir

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

In lieu of defeating Israel on the battlefield, the Jihad has initiated a war of delegitimization intended on erasing international support for Israel, in essence it’s a massive smear campaign in which Israel’s ancient history in this land is systematically erased and replaced with an invented Palestinian narrative. The main target of this campaign are young westerners who are simply too ignorant to fight back with facts.

King Herod

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

During the first three months of 2021, the average time spent on Bumble BFF has grown 44% for women and 83% for men – which indicates that as cities are beginning to reopen, people are ready to meet new people and revive their social lives after a year of increased isolation for many, additionally, over 90% of women who initiated contact on BFF in March 2021 found at least one match.

Bumble President Tariq Shaukat

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

If anything, unwinding of the backlog initiated following congestion in Yantian terminal could take months, as the onset of the peak season will mean demand will only further increase.

Parash Jain

Found on CNN
2 years ago

We argued from the outset that neither action was justifiable, because they were initiated only as a result of President Trump's politically motivated order to prevent publication of the Ambassador's book before the 2020 election.

Charles Cooper

Found on CNN
2 years ago

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