inaugural address

collocation in English

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inaugural
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ɪˈnɔː.ɡjə.rəl/us
/ɪˈnɑː.ɡjə.rəl/
An inaugural speech is the first speech someone gives when starting an important ...
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address
noun[C]
uk
/əˈdres/us
/ˈæd.res/
the number of the house, name of the road, and name of the town where a person lives or works, and where letters can ...
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(Definition ofinauguralandaddressfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The content of theinauguraladdressis similarly circumscribed.
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Harrison, who died after one month in office, employed two populist appeals in hisinauguraladdress.
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Hisinauguraladdressdealt mainly with the correspondence of the objects of science with divine revelation.
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Hutchinson, in hisinauguraladdress, spoke out against the false, materialistic doctrine of going to college because it pays.
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In hisinauguraladdress, he reiterated his campaign pledge to address economic and social inequalities within the city.
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The new president'sinauguraladdressnoted the country's many social problems, promising no magic formulas to solve them.
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He invoked his father'sinauguraladdressand called a generation to public service and received a two-minute standing ovation.
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An excited crowd of roughly 21,000 came to see the swearing-in, even if most would not be able to hear theinauguraladdress.
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Hisinauguraladdressoutlined measures by which his government proposed to foment the social, cultural and economic development of the nation.
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He used hisinauguraladdressto show the need to attract students into engineering degrees and to provide more sustainable solutions to engineering problems.
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Theinauguraladdressis a speech given during this ceremony which informs the people of his/her intentions as a leader.
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It held itsinauguraladdressin the church.
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He delivered hisinauguraladdressimmediately following his oath.
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Lincoln took the oath of office, then took off his stovepipe hat in preparation for giving hisinauguraladdress.
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His leadership style established many forms and rituals of government that have been used since, such as using a cabinet system and delivering aninauguraladdress.
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Hisinauguraladdresswas 2,911 words long.
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Hutchison, in hisinauguraladdress, spoke out against the false, materialistic doctrine of going to college because it pays.
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Lincoln'sinauguraladdressdeclared his administration would not initiate civil war.
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Smyth had advocated legislation to create the school in hisinauguraladdress.
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In hisinauguraladdress, he said that he the south's only way to maintain slavery was secession and called for the establishment of a southern confederacy.
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