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institute

[in-sti-toot, -tyoot] / ˈɪn stɪˌtut, -ˌtjut /




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The BlackRock Investment Institute has adjusted its positioning on U.S. equities a “handful of times” in recent years, mostly between overweight and neutral, a spokesman for the institute said in emailed comments.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026

Efforts to institute regulations at an international level are often doomed to fail, typically because of geopolitical and economic competition.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

Microsoft president Brad Smith recently told the BBC the institute had helped cement the UK as the country best-placed to drive forward global regulation.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

Reports that a woman employed at a plague research institute in Russia's Irkutsk region died from the disease has spiked online interest in possible treatments for the illness in North America.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

In a few weeks he should go off to an institute for artificial limbs.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque

Leading economic institutes recently doubled their growth forecast for this year to 1.3 percent.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

But polling groups such as Datafolha, one of Brazil's most respected institutes, suggest that this election has been a battle of rejection rates.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

Center for AI Standards and Innovation could work with the emerging network of AI safety institutes around the world—such as existing groups in the U.K.,

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

The company told me that it’s “pleased with the analysis” and added, “we regularly provide data to credible and verified third-party research firms and institutes to ensure accuracy and factual representation in any public reporting.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

In this, somewhat unexpectedly, he was opposed by T. H. Huxley, who believed that museums should be primarily research institutes.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

Both Florida and Alabama instituted mandatory evacuations due to the storm.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

To minimize arm injuries, Little League instituted age-specific pitch-count caps and mandatory rest periods 20 years ago, but not all travel clubs abide by the rules.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

But recently, they instituted a “cold call rule” allowing them to call each other anytime, day or night, without texting first.

From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2026

He noted that the $100 price hikes on newer and earlier-generation phones came in below the $150 to $200 increases on iPad and MacBooks instituted this summer.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026

In Wacquant’s words: “Racial division was a consequence, not a precondition of slavery, but once it was instituted it became detached from its initial function and acquired a social potency all its own.”

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

On top of that, he pointed out that Micron has been instituting long-term agreements, which lock in contracts with customers to sell capacity in advance and can limit volatility down the road.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026

The state government established what was called a “concurrency doctrine,” instituting strict requirements for infrastructure development—water, sewer, schooling—that had to be established before construction permits were granted.

From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2026

Google codified this by instituting “20% time”—work on anything you want—which produced Google News, Gmail and AdSense.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 29, 2026

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has said the manufacturing powerhouse, the world's eighth-largest consumer of crude oil, is moving towards instituting fuel price caps to alleviate pressure on the country's energy supply.

From Barron's ● Mar. 9, 2026

Truman tried to mollify his critics by instituting a new loyalty program for the federal government.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau


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