institution
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The two-dose vaccine will be offered to those deemed most at risk from the infection, including Year 14 students and under-25s starting university or a Higher Education institution for the first time this autumn.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
It is unacceptable that a public institution already so clouded in secrecy either chooses to or must rely on a private consulting firm.
From Slate ● Jul. 15, 2026
In January, Banco Santander, Spain’s largest financial institution, moved to pull back the shroud of mystery that had enveloped the marquee collection.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
MIT leaders never shied from that challenge, in keeping with the spirit of an institution that prizes practical problem-solving and empirical results.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Her adoptive father was schizophrenic and for a time lived at Philadelphia State Hospital at Byberry, a sprawling mental institution that was later closed by court order because it inhumanely “warehoused” its patients.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
But denialists will point out that the study in question was a collaboration between three U.S. universities — Harvard, the University of Buffalo and the University of Washington — and institutions in China.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
Someone has to lag when huge institutions make so much taking the other side of trades.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Journalist Akram Kharief described the fire as a "national tragedy", called for fire safety audits at all public institutions and questioned why Algerians could not live "a normal life in a normal country".
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
“I am concerned that too many financial institutions are not providing fair and fast access to insurance proceeds,” Newsom wrote in a letter to associations representing California banks, credit unions and mortgage lenders.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
Earlier in the summer, we’d had a college fair, and representatives from the top colleges had been there to sell us on their institutions.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
Vocabulary lists containing institution
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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