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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of instate.

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Examples

  • As her first order of business, Yvonne instates her lieutenant, Luke (Rescue Me's Steven Pasquale) as the show's day-to-day, hands-on boss, whose hands might just end up on Ava (Maya Rudolph).

    Keck's Exclusives: Up All Night Casts Nurse Jackie Fave and Gay Neighbors 2012

  • Large African American turnout, for those instates that don't matter, like Montana.

    Poll: Obama Has Big Lead In Montana Primary 2009

  • Other more conservative civil liberties advocates, like the CATO Institute insist that the PASS Act still instates a National ID card program.

    Comparing PASS Act with Real ID, v 2.0 2009

  • Nevertheless, it is time to resign ourselves to vote for the nominee, and instates where there is no real competition, consider voting in the republican primaries to make sure they have either the least viable or least objectionable candidate.

    Final Rasmussen Poll Gives Obama Seven-Point Lead In N.H. 2009

  • If Musharraf re-instates the judges and justices that he dismissed last November, as demanded by both the PPP and Nawaz Sharif, resuming positions on the bench could see them declare Musharraf's election as president illegal.

    Archive 2008-02-01 Dave 2008

  • If Bush instates a draft, I will be every bit as eligible as you, so why would living here save me from that?

    Think Progress » Karl Rove attacks the blogosphere. 2006

  • Which is ludicrous, particularly since the majority of censored posts are done by an anti-spam program, and Steve re-instates most of those posts within a day or two.

    New Online Resources « Climate Audit 2006

  • An agreement signed by the king and Dr Mokhehle in Maseru also re-instates King Moshoeshoe, King Letsie's father, as monarch.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1994

  • The agreement signed by the king and Dr Mokhehle also re-instates

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1994

  • It is certainly matter of joy to all believers themselves, because it instates them in those new relations, and in that condition, which they, for their part, never ought to have expected or looked for, as to any thing that was in themselves.

    The Sermons of John Owen 1616-1683 1968

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