institution
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Wilde navigates the tonal shifts with authority, delivering surprises along the way, including an ending that somehow delivers hope for the institution of wedlock.
From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026
But there is significant and respected scholarship that goes much further and holds that the Constitution is a pro-slavery, and pro-Southern, document which protected that vile institution.
From Salon • May 14, 2026
Mourinho's great blind spot has always been the assumption that his personality - his aura, his force of will - is sufficient to override the values an institution has built over decades.
From BBC • May 13, 2026
All this, and the ensuing negative publicity, embarrassed Robert, who successfully brought suit to have his mother committed to a mental institution.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026
The institution that Reilly inherited was a mess.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
Vocabulary lists containing institution
Excerpts from "To Kill a Mockingbird"
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"Democracy in America, Vol. 1" by Alexis de Tocqueville, Introduction–Chapter 5
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Lincoln Inaugural Address (March 1861)
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