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institution

[in-sti-too-shuhn, -tyoo-] / ˌɪn stɪˈtu ʃən, -ˈtyu- /


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But for many, the absence of a Capitol tribute underscores a familiar tension: America celebrates its reformers rhetorically, even as its institutions struggle to fully honor them.

From Salon

Those markets let businesses and financial institutions hedge or speculate against the future price of commodities such as oil or fluctuations in things like interest rates.

From The Wall Street Journal

And the secondary objectives are all the economic objectives pursued by Europe and led by these other institutions that are the Commission, the Council, and the Parliament.

From The Wall Street Journal

It is one of the bloc’s few federal institutions and can make decisions affecting hundreds of millions of people without being constrained by Brussels’s political gridlock.

From The Wall Street Journal

Now, 36 institutions are subject to legal action after receiving pre-action letters from lawyers warning that students intend to seek damages for learning which they claim they paid for, but did not actually receive.

From BBC