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commencement

noun as in ceremony marking the beginning of stage

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You may not remember, but you were our commencement keynote speaker that day at the George Washington University National Center.

This power has been seen recently in a host of cancellations of commencement speakers.

Kudos to Ex-Mayor Mike, whose Harvard commencement address called for inclusion of more conservatives in higher education.

All you really need for an inspiring commencement address is untamed enthusiasm and a big dream.

Speaking at the Commencement Ceremony at West Point, he said, “We are winding down our war in Afghanistan,” he said.

In this little room the galleries had been designed; the windows had looked upon the commencement of the great work.

But Ulm was only the commencement of the campaign, and even after Austerlitz Napoleon pursued the enemy with grim resolution.

He graduated at Yale college, and at the commencement of hostilities was appointed to the chief command of the Connecticut troops.

The first commencement of Union College for conferring degrees in the arts and sciences.

At the very commencement of the campaign Massna committed a fault which almost ruined his career.

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On this page you'll find 63 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to commencement, such as: convocation, dawning, graduation, initiation, kickoff, and onset.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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