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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of induct.

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Examples

  • However, since the Republican noise machine is so concerned about my "well-being" and that of America's students, they'll be relieved to know that I was not "inducted" into homosexuality, assaulted, raped, or sold into sexual slavery.

    Alex Blaze: The War on LGBT Teachers Alex Blaze 2010

  • However, since the Republican noise machine is so concerned about my "well-being" and that of America's students, they'll be relieved to know that I was not "inducted" into homosexuality, assaulted, raped, or sold into sexual slavery.

    Alex Blaze: The War on LGBT Teachers Alex Blaze 2010

  • First up, since we "inducted" Bob Hope back in the "Proto-Hall", before the TVXOHOF actually existed, it seemed like the only other viable candidate with strong ties to the holiday was:

    TVXOHOF, 12/2009-A: A IS FOR ANDY Toby O'B 2009

  • First up, since we "inducted" Bob Hope back in the "Proto-Hall", before the TVXOHOF actually existed, it seemed like the only other viable candidate with strong ties to the holiday was:

    Archive 2009-11-29 Toby O'B 2009

  • He was "inducted" on the 24th of April, 1649, and there some four weeks later he died, suddenly it would seem, from heat-apoplexy brought on by his exertions during a pilgrimage.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913

  • Evidence has been given that the UK doctor who "inducted" and signed off Ubani wrote on his form that he was too busy to give him a proper assessment.

    Top stories from Times Online 2010

  • Ma Houzhi 'was after being' inducted 'by him into his party, and they just followed him to' do revolution '!

    Chinalyst - China blogs in English 2010

  • Washington DC (SPX) Oct 24, 2008 - PI's note: For this installment of the PI Perspective, I wanted to share with you my remarks from a ceremony on Oct. 17, during which we "inducted" the New Horizons model into the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's Udvar-Hazy Center, and celebrated the mission's accomplishments since launch.

    Space News From SpaceDaily.Com 2009

  • We didn't have a choice because that's when we first arrived here, but as logical as that is for us, January is in fact half way through the Spanish school year and I remember there being a difficulty, if not an impossibility receiveing their text books; they were never really "inducted" as such, and Trent told me recently, he didn't even know when it was time to have his morning tea!

    TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2009

  • The New Horizons model was "inducted" into the National Air and Space Museum's space science collection on Oct. 17, 2008.

    Space News From SpaceDaily.Com 2008

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