Leadership Transitions

noun a formal ceremony to mark the beginning of a leader's term in office

• The inauguration of the new president will take place next week.
• Are you going to the inauguration ceremony this weekend?
• I heard the inauguration party is going to be lit!
• The inauguration of the new project marked a new beginning for the company.

noun a temporary or provisional arrangement or measure

adjective in or for the intervening period; provisional or temporary

• The interim CEO will be in charge until a permanent replacement is found.
• The interim manager is just filling in until the regular one comes back.
• I'm just the interim guy, don't expect me to know everything.
• The storm was just an interim in the clear skies ahead.

noun the act of abdicating or renouncing a throne, power, responsibility, or right

• The history books are filled with stories of royal abdications throughout the centuries.
• Did you hear about all the abdications happening in the monarchy lately?
• Man, those abdications are really shaking things up in the royal family.
• Sometimes we need to make abdications in our own lives to let go of things holding us back.