inducted; inducting; inducts
1
: to put in formal possession (as of a benefice or office) : install
was inducted as president of the college
2
Examples of induct in a Sentence
The club will induct six new members this year.
inducted the pitcher into the Baseball Hall of Fame
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In 2019, Bamonte was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame alongside his Cure bandmates.
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Alex Suskind, Pitchfork, 27 Dec. 2025
He was inducted into the Rock Hall of Fame alongside The Cure in 2019, with Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor delivering the induction speech.
—Anna Chan, Billboard, 26 Dec. 2025
In 2019, Bamonte was among the current and former Cure members inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 26 Dec. 2025
That same year, he was inducted into the Wisconsin 4-H Hall of Fame.
—Madeline Heim, jsonline.com, 26 Dec. 2025
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Alex Suskind, Pitchfork, 27 Dec. 2025
He was inducted into the Rock Hall of Fame alongside The Cure in 2019, with Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor delivering the induction speech.
—Anna Chan, Billboard, 26 Dec. 2025
In 2019, Bamonte was among the current and former Cure members inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 26 Dec. 2025
That same year, he was inducted into the Wisconsin 4-H Hall of Fame.
—Madeline Heim, jsonline.com, 26 Dec. 2025
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“Induct.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/induct. Accessed 31 Dec. 2025.
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