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Inauguration Day

American

noun

the day on which the president of the United States is inaugurated, being January 20 of every year following a year whose number is divisible by four. Prior to the Twentieth Amendment to the Constitution (ratified February 6, 1933), it was March 4.

Inauguration Day British

noun

the day on which the inauguration of a president of the US takes place, Jan 20

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Yet U.S. equities staged a remarkable comeback following a massive dip in April, with the S&P 500 index up 16% since Inauguration Day.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 17, 2026

Kellogg had also shrugged off an appeal from television personality Tucker Carlson, who told him before Inauguration Day that Moscow was ready to start talking.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 20, 2025

Trump signed an executive order on Inauguration Day that kept the app running in the U.S.

From Barron's • Dec. 19, 2025

I was just finishing writing my book on Inauguration Day and John Roberts swore Trump in, and the president swore an oath to uphold the Constitution, to faithfully execute it.

From Slate • Dec. 1, 2025

Inauguration Day was bitingly cold, with temperatures never going above freezing and the wind making it feel more like fifteen degrees.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

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