institutions

NOUN

organization, usually educational

Synonyms

WEAK

academy association asylum business clinic college company conservatory establishment fixture foundation guild hospital orphanage school seminar seminary society system think tank university

NOUN

organization

Synonyms

STRONGEST

academy association business clinic company establishment foundation hospital institute school society system university

STRONG

asylum college conservatory fixture guild orphanage seminar seminary

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institutions

The Education Department hasn’t yet calculated the final data against which institutions will be judged, leaving uncertainty on exactly what programs will face consequences.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026

“The mere prospect there could be a call is enough to chill agency heads,” Graham Steele, a former Treasury assistant secretary for financial institutions, told me.

From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2026

Researchers at Umeå University and collaborating institutions have developed an experimental cancer drug that may be able to slow tumor growth and prevent aggressive prostate cancer from spreading.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026

Chan School of Public Health, George Washington University and other institutions, analyzed dozens of studies looking at the impact of coffee and caffeine on heart health.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

As Howard Hiatt had done, Sachs began talking to influential individuals and institutions about using Farmer’s clinic as a world model.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French