institution
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That means you can have decades of spotless credit in America and still be a ghost to a financial institution in another country.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
Irranca-Davies said his message for new Senedd members, elected in May, was that the "institution is at its best when we recognise that disagreement need not mean division".
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
This is hardly the behavior of an institution that thinks it’s committing a crime, or a supervisor that thinks fraud is happening under its nose.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
The 2024 incident, as alleged in a graphic lawsuit filed last month, has drawn accusations that the Ivy League institution in New York state failed to properly punish the men involved.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026
And after Punkin' was placed in an institution, Mary had put in long hours working at the Duke University switchboard, a tedious job that paid low wages.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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Additionally, the law includes sanctions against Russian President Vladimir Putin, senior figures within the Russian government as well as banks and other financial institutions and Russia's "shadow fleet" of tankers used to circumvent existing sanctions.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
Ostrover realized early that individual investors were crucial because they offered more growth potential than pensions and other institutions, which had invested for years in private credit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026
The SSA also offers international direct deposit into financial institutions in many countries.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
Many of the nation’s most elite institutions have recently turned away from test-blind or test-optional admission policies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
Did all of those institutions arise together, or did some arise before others?
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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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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