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institutionalize

[in-sti-too-shuh-nl-ahyz, -tyoo-] / ˌɪn stɪˈtu ʃə nlˌaɪz, -ˈtju- /
VERB
standardize
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However, the tolling system would institutionalize rather than solve the friction.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 7, 2026

“Plans to institutionalize and operationalize the European dimension through exercises and dedicated coordinating bodies will likely be welcomed in Berlin because it gives hope that French nuclear assurances will last beyond Macron’s presidency,” he added.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 2, 2026

"The task is to solidify and institutionalize it," Feldman said.

From Reuters ● Oct. 30, 2023

“This is to lock in the gains of the past year and institutionalize a strong mutual defense with a clear connection and commitment,” said Daly, a former U.S. diplomat in Beijing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2023

These hospitals are no longer mentioned after the dissolution of the London Company, nor were any other comparable measures taken during the century to institutionalize care for the sick.

From Medicine in Virginia, 1607-1699 by Thomas Proctor Hughes

In a nutshell, the federal complaint is that our state institutionalizes too many children, sometimes out of state and far from their families.

From Washington Times ● May 22, 2019

He is famous for his scathing critiques against the art world, particularly against art education, which he believes institutionalizes mediocrity through its systematic rejection of good ideas.

From Slate ● Dec. 6, 2013

It’s played for laughs, but the way the medical establishment institutionalizes her so quickly carries a harsh edge.

From New York Times ● Aug. 19, 2010

Indexing, which automatically raises wages and pensions along with the price index, is not a cure but a disease that institutionalizes inflation, added Okun.

From Time Magazine Archive

Man's genius for organization institutionalizes every aspect of thought and activity he takes under his control.

From The Family and it's Members by Anna Garlin Spencer

The words are literally institutionalized, engraved on a bell at the UC Santa Barbara campus.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

The judge said there wasn’t sufficient evidence of ongoing institutionalized racial discrimination at Harvard.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

“Resurrectionists” – body snatchers – exhumed the recently buried, disproportionately targeting the poor, the institutionalized and those without family protection or the financial means to guard graves.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 21, 2026

“It might actually be worse because there’s nothing institutionalized about any of this.”

From Salon ● May 19, 2026

When supernatural beliefs gained those functions and became institutionalized, they were thereby transformed into what we term a religion.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

Magnetar was really me taking the uncertainty side of what I learned at Citadel and institutionalizing it.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026

“The only question to my mind is what sort of deal Iran can work out in terms of monetizing and institutionalizing its control of the strait.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026

Analysts suggest China’s move is noteworthy, institutionalizing its export control system.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2025

The Supreme Court has ruled that institutionalizing people with disabilities who could live in the community is discriminatory if a community placement “can be reasonably accommodated.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2024

The bantustan system had been conceived by Dr. H. F. Verwoerd, the minister of native affairs, as a way of muting international criticism of South African racial policies but at the same time institutionalizing apartheid.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela




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