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institutionalize

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

From MarketWatch Apr. 7, 2026

Are there any models that you have in mind for what steps governments should take to actually help communities and not only improve their material conditions, but institutionalize their say in the policy process?

From Salon Mar. 6, 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

Voladores also grapple with how much they should seek to commercialize and institutionalize their culture.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 20, 2023

Over the next four years the Coalition implemented a number of key reforms to modernize the economy and institutionalize democratic reforms.

From The 2001 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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

“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

Without such unpaid family support, older adults would go without care or end up in institutionalized care, which would further burden the healthcare system and public programs like Medicaid.

From MarketWatch Mar. 26, 2026

“It was pretty much being institutionalized, but you get to go home at night,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 11, 2026

When these new interests and values are recognized and institutionalized, geek lads may have more status and feel less like aliens in their own schools.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz

These approaches risk institutionalizing the wrong labor-market model precisely when flexibility and organizational adaptation matter most.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 5, 2026

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

From Barron's Oct. 9, 2025

“They’re still out there institutionalizing children with little to no oversight or regulation.”

From Salon Mar. 8, 2024

The Supreme Court ruled decades ago that unnecessarily institutionalizing people who can be served in their communities violates the Americans With Disabilities Act.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 1, 2023

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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