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institutionalize

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

From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026

“Too many approaches to peace-building foster perpetual dependency, and institutionalize crisis rather than leading people beyond it,” the charter’s preamble says, calling for “a coalition of willing States committed to practical cooperation and effective action.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 19, 2026

Yet California universities — among the best and most elite in the discipline — have struggled to institutionalize disability scholarship and to hire disabled faculty to teach it.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 27, 2023

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

From Reuters • Oct. 30, 2023

Fourth, Rapid Dominance aims to achieve new levels of operational competence that can virtually institutionalize */"brilliance."

From Shock and Awe — Achieving Rapid Dominance by Wade, James P.