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institutional

[in-sti-too-shuh-nl, -tyoo-] / ˌɪn stɪˈtu ʃə nl, -ˈtju- /


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“We had expected light institutional positioning to support strong risk/reward into 3Q earnings. The reaction function the past 2 weeks suggests the bar for sentiment is higher than we anticipated,” he said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

Many say allowing individual investors access to the private-market funds levels the playing field and lets them earn the profits that large institutional investors have access to.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

Duncan Parish told a conference in Lincolnshire on Wednesday there were "institutional challenges" within government that needed to be overcome to deliver change.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

They are expanding their ambition beyond what has already been proven — the mayor’s office, seats in Congress — and running difficult races in difficult states, courting voters and challenging the institutional status quo.

From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2026

In a comer an old man was boiling hot dogs in a large institutional pot whose size dwarfed the gas range upon which it rested.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole


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