institution
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When the UK institution refused to pay the ransom, the group published the files - containing the personal data of visitors, subscribers and staff - on the dark web.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
Famous for its walls bearing scribbles and sketches left behind by patrons for over 60 years, El Batey, a bar in Old San Juan, is a Puerto Rican institution serving locals and tourists alike.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
It verifies the signer’s identity and legal authority to complete the transaction, and — this is the key part — makes the issuing financial institution financially liable if the signature proves to be fraudulent.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026
Monteiro Kempf, who lives in Miami, completed two levels of coursework at the Wine & Spirits Education Trust, a professional accreditation institution.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
Nothing could hasten more the progress of these reflections & sentiments which are secretly undermining the institution which this mistaken zeal is laboring to secure agst. the most distant approach of danger.”
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
Canada is hiring dozens of researchers away from US universities, including top research institutions such as Harvard as its relationship with its neighbour continues to sour.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
He was approached by financial institutions that offered money to help RevMed reach global markets, he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Lynn Pasquerella, the president of the American Association of Colleges and Universities, said institutions feel "helpless" in the face of federal and state cuts.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
They divide Bosnia into two entities, the Serb Republika Srpska and the Muslim Croat Federation of Bosnia, each enjoying a large degree of autonomy and united by weak central institutions.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
She’d spent time in Louisiana and Virginia, where her father opened colored institutions of learning, and California.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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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